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Page 146
... sent them word , that he was yet upon the road , and without money ; and that he therefore could not proceed without a remittance . They then sent him the money that was in their hands , with which he was enabled to reach Bristol , from ...
... sent them word , that he was yet upon the road , and without money ; and that he therefore could not proceed without a remittance . They then sent him the money that was in their hands , with which he was enabled to reach Bristol , from ...
Page 165
... sent , or supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to ...
... sent , or supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to ...
Page 375
... sent by Lord Melcombe to Dr. Young , not long before his Lordship's death " were indeed so sent , but were only an introduction to what was there meant by " The Muse's latest Spark . " The poem is necessary , whatever may be its merit ...
... sent by Lord Melcombe to Dr. Young , not long before his Lordship's death " were indeed so sent , but were only an introduction to what was there meant by " The Muse's latest Spark . " The poem is necessary , whatever may be its merit ...
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