Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... pounds ; and called his friends to a consultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to intrust it to the funds , and live upon the interest ; Arbuthnot bade him intrust it to ...
... pounds ; and called his friends to a consultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to intrust it to the funds , and live upon the interest ; Arbuthnot bade him intrust it to ...
Page 317
... pounds , that he might open a shop ; and of the subscription of forty pounds a year that he raised for Savage , twenty were paid by himself . He was accused of loving money , but his love was eagerness to gain , not solicitude to keep ...
... pounds , that he might open a shop ; and of the subscription of forty pounds a year that he raised for Savage , twenty were paid by himself . He was accused of loving money , but his love was eagerness to gain , not solicitude to keep ...
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... pounds ; and that , when one of his friends exclaimed , Two thousand pounds for a poem ! he said it was the best bargain he ever made in his life , for the poem was worth four thousand . 6 This story may be true ; but it seems to have ...
... pounds ; and that , when one of his friends exclaimed , Two thousand pounds for a poem ! he said it was the best bargain he ever made in his life , for the poem was worth four thousand . 6 This story may be true ; but it seems to have ...
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