Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... solicited , and whom nothing but want of money withheld from partaking of every pleasure that fell within his view . His conduct with regard to his pension was very particular . No sooner had he changed the bill , than he vanished from ...
... solicited , and whom nothing but want of money withheld from partaking of every pleasure that fell within his view . His conduct with regard to his pension was very particular . No sooner had he changed the bill , than he vanished from ...
Page 193
... solicited the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple , who had married one of Mrs. Swift's relations , and whose father Sir John Temple , Master of the Rolls in Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin ...
... solicited the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple , who had married one of Mrs. Swift's relations , and whose father Sir John Temple , Master of the Rolls in Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin ...
Page 477
... Doctor of Laws , which , having omitted to take it at Cambridge , he thought it decent to refuse . What he had formerly solicited in vain , was at last . given him without solicitation . The Professorship of History became GRAY 477.
... Doctor of Laws , which , having omitted to take it at Cambridge , he thought it decent to refuse . What he had formerly solicited in vain , was at last . given him without solicitation . The Professorship of History became GRAY 477.
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