Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 398
... Young was certainly not ashamed to be patronized by the infamous Wharton . But Wharton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by virtuous peers , who shall ...
... Young was certainly not ashamed to be patronized by the infamous Wharton . But Wharton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by virtuous peers , who shall ...
Page 403
... Young found a patron , and in his dissolute descendant a friend and a companion . The Marquis died in April 1715. In the beginning of the next year the young Marquis set out upon his travels , from which he returned in about a ...
... Young found a patron , and in his dissolute descendant a friend and a companion . The Marquis died in April 1715. In the beginning of the next year the young Marquis set out upon his travels , from which he returned in about a ...
Page 435
... Young . That it may be long before any thing like what I have just transcribed be necessary for you , is the sincere wish of , ' Dear Sir , ' Your greatly obliged Friend , ' HERBERT CROFT , Jun . ' Lincoln's Inn , Sept. 1780. ' ' P.S. ...
... Young . That it may be long before any thing like what I have just transcribed be necessary for you , is the sincere wish of , ' Dear Sir , ' Your greatly obliged Friend , ' HERBERT CROFT , Jun . ' Lincoln's Inn , Sept. 1780. ' ' P.S. ...
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