The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... SAVAGE 102 SWIFT 208 BROOME 248 POPE 252 PITT 393 THOMSON 396 WATTS A. PHILIPS WEST . COLLINS 409 418 427 431 DYER . 436 SHENSTONE 439 YOUNG 448 MALLET 498 AKENSIDE 504 GRAY . LYTTELTON 511 523 PRIOR . ATTHEW PRIOR is one of those that has.
... SAVAGE 102 SWIFT 208 BROOME 248 POPE 252 PITT 393 THOMSON 396 WATTS A. PHILIPS WEST . COLLINS 409 418 427 431 DYER . 436 SHENSTONE 439 YOUNG 448 MALLET 498 AKENSIDE 504 GRAY . LYTTELTON 511 523 PRIOR . ATTHEW PRIOR is one of those that has.
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... Thomson , who were the friends of Mr. Savage . Thus remote was his interest in the question , which , however , as he imagined , concerned him so nearly , that it was not sufficient to harangue and dispute , but necessary likewise to ...
... Thomson , who were the friends of Mr. Savage . Thus remote was his interest in the question , which , however , as he imagined , concerned him so nearly , that it was not sufficient to harangue and dispute , but necessary likewise to ...
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... Thomson and Mr. Mallet , that it might be fitted for the stage , and to allow his friends to receive the profits , out of which an annual pension should be paid him . This proposal he rejected , with the utmost con- tempt . He was by no ...
... Thomson and Mr. Mallet , that it might be fitted for the stage , and to allow his friends to receive the profits , out of which an annual pension should be paid him . This proposal he rejected , with the utmost con- tempt . He was by no ...
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... Thomson , a man who had , by large promises , and free censures of the common practice of physic , forced himself up into sudden reputation . Thomson declared his distemper to be a dropsy , and evacuated part of the water by tinc- ture ...
... Thomson , a man who had , by large promises , and free censures of the common practice of physic , forced himself up into sudden reputation . Thomson declared his distemper to be a dropsy , and evacuated part of the water by tinc- ture ...
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... THOMSON . AMES THOMSON , the son of a minister well es- teemed for his piety and diligence , was born Sep- tember 7 , 1700 , at Ednam , in the shire of Rox- burgh , of which his father was pastor . His mo- ther , whose name was Hume ...
... THOMSON . AMES THOMSON , the son of a minister well es- teemed for his piety and diligence , was born Sep- tember 7 , 1700 , at Ednam , in the shire of Rox- burgh , of which his father was pastor . His mo- ther , whose name was Hume ...
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