Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 167
... employed in the Exchequer , cautioned him against too much violence in his proceedings ; but Mr. Savage , who seldom regulated his conduct by the advice of others , gave way to his passion , and demanded of Sir Robert Walpole , at his ...
... employed in the Exchequer , cautioned him against too much violence in his proceedings ; but Mr. Savage , who seldom regulated his conduct by the advice of others , gave way to his passion , and demanded of Sir Robert Walpole , at his ...
Page 465
... employed Mallet ( 1747 ) as the executioner of his vengeance . Mallet had not virtue , or had not spirit , to refuse the office ; and was rewarded , not long after , with the legacy of lord Bolingbroke's works . Many of the political ...
... employed Mallet ( 1747 ) as the executioner of his vengeance . Mallet had not virtue , or had not spirit , to refuse the office ; and was rewarded , not long after , with the legacy of lord Bolingbroke's works . Many of the political ...
Page 479
... employed ; to himself , certainly beneficially . His time passed agreeably ; he was every day making some new acquisition in science ; his mind was enlarged , his heart softened , his virtue strengthened ; the world and mankind were ...
... employed ; to himself , certainly beneficially . His time passed agreeably ; he was every day making some new acquisition in science ; his mind was enlarged , his heart softened , his virtue strengthened ; the world and mankind were ...
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