Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 120
... conduct could deserve to be mentioned as a reason for extraordinary severity . The interposition of this Lady was so successful , that he was soon after admitted to bail , and , on the 9th of March 1728 , pleaded the King's pardon . It ...
... conduct could deserve to be mentioned as a reason for extraordinary severity . The interposition of this Lady was so successful , that he was soon after admitted to bail , and , on the 9th of March 1728 , pleaded the King's pardon . It ...
Page 152
... conduct with regard to his pension was very particular . No sooner had he changed the bill , than he vanished from the sight of all his acquaintances , and lay for some time out of the reach of all the enquiries that friendship or ...
... conduct with regard to his pension was very particular . No sooner had he changed the bill , than he vanished from the sight of all his acquaintances , and lay for some time out of the reach of all the enquiries that friendship or ...
Page 175
... conduct . It may be alleged , and perhaps justly , that he was petulant and contemptuous ; that he more frequently reproached his subscribers for not giving him more , than thanked them for what he received ; but it is to be remembered ...
... conduct . It may be alleged , and perhaps justly , that he was petulant and contemptuous ; that he more frequently reproached his subscribers for not giving him more , than thanked them for what he received ; but it is to be remembered ...
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