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Page 627
Of this oration there is no appearance in his own edition of his works ; and
prefixed to an edition by Curll and Tonson , in 1741 , is a letter from Young to
Curll , if we may credit Curll , dated December 9th , 1739 , ' ' wherein he says he
has not ...
Of this oration there is no appearance in his own edition of his works ; and
prefixed to an edition by Curll and Tonson , in 1741 , is a letter from Young to
Curll , if we may credit Curll , dated December 9th , 1739 , ' ' wherein he says he
has not ...
Page 632
That he ever had such a patron as Wharton , Young took all the pains in his
power to conceal from the world , by excluding this dedication from his works . He
should have remembered , that he at the same time concealed his obligation 19 ...
That he ever had such a patron as Wharton , Young took all the pains in his
power to conceal from the world , by excluding this dedication from his works . He
should have remembered , that he at the same time concealed his obligation 19 ...
Page 640
The praises Thomson bestows but a few lines before on Philips , the second Who
nobly durst , in rhyme . unfetter ' d vers ? , With British freedom sing the British
song , added to Thomson ' s example and success , might perhaps induce Young
...
The praises Thomson bestows but a few lines before on Philips , the second Who
nobly durst , in rhyme . unfetter ' d vers ? , With British freedom sing the British
song , added to Thomson ' s example and success , might perhaps induce Young
...
Page 645
She will laugh thee dead , Or send thee to her hermitage with L .The Biographia ,
not satisfied with pointing out the son of Young , in that son ' s life - time , as his
father ' s Lorenzo , travels out of its way into the history of the son , and tells of his
...
She will laugh thee dead , Or send thee to her hermitage with L .The Biographia ,
not satisfied with pointing out the son of Young , in that son ' s life - time , as his
father ' s Lorenzo , travels out of its way into the history of the son , and tells of his
...
Page 653
It máy teach mankind the uncertainty of worldly friendships , to know that Young ,
either by surviving those he loved , or by outliving their affections , could only
recollect the names of two friends , his housekeeper and a hatter , to mention in
his ...
It máy teach mankind the uncertainty of worldly friendships , to know that Young ,
either by surviving those he loved , or by outliving their affections , could only
recollect the names of two friends , his housekeeper and a hatter , to mention in
his ...
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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