Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 115
... given the thrust he turned pale , and would have retired , but the maid clung round him , and one of the company endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke , by cutting the maid on the head , but was afterwards taken in a court ...
... given the thrust he turned pale , and would have retired , but the maid clung round him , and one of the company endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke , by cutting the maid on the head , but was afterwards taken in a court ...
Page 244
... given her a proper education , expected like other guardians that she should make at least an equal match ; and such he proposed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having discovered the ...
... given her a proper education , expected like other guardians that she should make at least an equal match ; and such he proposed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having discovered the ...
Page 477
... given to Mr. Brocket , the tutor of Sir James Lowther . His constitution was weak , and believing that his health was promoted by exercise and change of place , he undertook ( 1765 ) a journey into Scotland , of which his account , so ...
... given to Mr. Brocket , the tutor of Sir James Lowther . His constitution was weak , and believing that his health was promoted by exercise and change of place , he undertook ( 1765 ) a journey into Scotland , of which his account , so ...
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