Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... expence of eight pounds ; and therefore , after having been for some time at the officer's house , at an immense expence , ' as he observes in his letter , he was at length removed to Newgate . This expence he was enabled to support by ...
... expence of eight pounds ; and therefore , after having been for some time at the officer's house , at an immense expence , ' as he observes in his letter , he was at length removed to Newgate . This expence he was enabled to support by ...
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Samuel Johnson. who became proprietor on condition of supplying , at his own expence , all the copies which were to be delivered to subscribers , or presented to friends , and paying two hundred pounds for every volume . Of the Quartos ...
Samuel Johnson. who became proprietor on condition of supplying , at his own expence , all the copies which were to be delivered to subscribers , or presented to friends , and paying two hundred pounds for every volume . Of the Quartos ...
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... expence of dignity . A hero would wish to be loved , as well as to be reverenced . To a thousand cavils one answer is sufficient ; the purpose of a writer is to be read , and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must ...
... expence of dignity . A hero would wish to be loved , as well as to be reverenced . To a thousand cavils one answer is sufficient ; the purpose of a writer is to be read , and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must ...
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