Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 122
... appeared neither to consider himself as a murderer , nor as a man wholly free from the guilt of blood . How much and how long he regretted it , appeared in a poem which he published many years afterwards . On occasion of a copy of ...
... appeared neither to consider himself as a murderer , nor as a man wholly free from the guilt of blood . How much and how long he regretted it , appeared in a poem which he published many years afterwards . On occasion of a copy of ...
Page 161
... appeared in his conduct to the Lord Tyrconnel , from whom he very frequently demanded , that the allowance which was once paid him should be restored ; but with whom he never appeared to entertain for a moment the thought of soliciting ...
... appeared in his conduct to the Lord Tyrconnel , from whom he very frequently demanded , that the allowance which was once paid him should be restored ; but with whom he never appeared to entertain for a moment the thought of soliciting ...
Page 337
... appeared ; the notes of others are read to clear difficulties , those of Pope to vary entertainment . It has however been objected , with sufficient reason , that there is in the commentary too much of unseason- able levity and affected ...
... appeared ; the notes of others are read to clear difficulties , those of Pope to vary entertainment . It has however been objected , with sufficient reason , that there is in the commentary too much of unseason- able levity and affected ...
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