Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 380
... probably with a scanty maintenance ; but was in about half a year elected a Demy of Magdalen College , where he continued till he had taken a Bachelor's degree , and then suddenly left the university , for what reason I know not that he ...
... probably with a scanty maintenance ; but was in about half a year elected a Demy of Magdalen College , where he continued till he had taken a Bachelor's degree , and then suddenly left the university , for what reason I know not that he ...
Page 454
... probably intercepted the progress of the work , and which the judgement of every reader will confirm . It was certainly no loss to the English stage that Agrippina was never finished . In this year ( 1742 ) Gray seems first to have ...
... probably intercepted the progress of the work , and which the judgement of every reader will confirm . It was certainly no loss to the English stage that Agrippina was never finished . In this year ( 1742 ) Gray seems first to have ...
Page 469
... probably gave the rest away ; for he was very liberal to the indigent . When time brought the History to a third edition , Reid was either dead or discarded ; and the superinten- dence of typography and punctuation was committed to a ...
... probably gave the rest away ; for he was very liberal to the indigent . When time brought the History to a third edition , Reid was either dead or discarded ; and the superinten- dence of typography and punctuation was committed to a ...
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