Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 115
... endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke , by cutting the maid on the head , but was afterwards taken in a court . There was some difference in their depositions ; one did not see Savage give the wound , another saw it given when ...
... endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke , by cutting the maid on the head , but was afterwards taken in a court . There was some difference in their depositions ; one did not see Savage give the wound , another saw it given when ...
Page 122
... endeavoured to sooth them by sympathy and tenderness . But when his heart was not softened by the sight of misery , he was sometimes obstinate in his resent- ment , and did not quickly lose remembrance of an injury . He always continued ...
... endeavoured to sooth them by sympathy and tenderness . But when his heart was not softened by the sight of misery , he was sometimes obstinate in his resent- ment , and did not quickly lose remembrance of an injury . He always continued ...
Page 270
... endeavoured to depreciate his abilities ; Burnet , who was afterwards a Judge of no mean reputation , censured him in a piece called Homerides before it was published ; Ducket likewise endeavoured to make him ridiculous . Dennis was the ...
... endeavoured to depreciate his abilities ; Burnet , who was afterwards a Judge of no mean reputation , censured him in a piece called Homerides before it was published ; Ducket likewise endeavoured to make him ridiculous . Dennis was the ...
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