The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, E. Newbery, T. Evans, P. Elmsly, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, W. Nicoll, J. Murray, S. Hayes, W. Fox, and J. Bowen., 1783 - English poetry |
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... find in the French Miscellanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope , by the honeft defire of giving ufeful pleasure . > [ iv ] In this minute kind of Hiftory a 2 In [ iii ]
... find in the French Miscellanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope , by the honeft defire of giving ufeful pleasure . > [ iv ] In this minute kind of Hiftory a 2 In [ iii ]
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... hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at leaf , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care ,, and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay ...
... hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at leaf , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care ,, and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay ...
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... hope , or the gloominefs of despair , and dreffes his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis fometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and fome- times in gems lasting as her virtues , At Paris , as fecretary to Lord Jermin , he was engaged in ...
... hope , or the gloominefs of despair , and dreffes his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis fometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and fome- times in gems lasting as her virtues , At Paris , as fecretary to Lord Jermin , he was engaged in ...
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... hope , that great num- bers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cow- ley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the first and fecond the Mastership of the Savoy ; but he loft it , " fays Wood ...
... hope , that great num- bers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cow- ley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the first and fecond the Mastership of the Savoy ; but he loft it , " fays Wood ...
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... hope to recover late hurt fo farre within five or fix " days ( though it be uncertain yet whether " I fhall ever recover it ) as to walk about 24 my again . And then , methinks , you and I " and the Dean might be very merry upon " S ...
... hope to recover late hurt fo farre within five or fix " days ( though it be uncertain yet whether " I fhall ever recover it ) as to walk about 24 my again . And then , methinks , you and I " and the Dean might be very merry upon " S ...
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