Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Horace Walpole wrote on Feb. 14 , 1753 : - ' Sir Hans Sloane is dead , and has made me one of the trustees to his museum , which is to be offered for £ 20,000 to the King , the Parliament , ' & c . Letters , ii . 320 . With money raised ...
... Horace Walpole wrote on Feb. 14 , 1753 : - ' Sir Hans Sloane is dead , and has made me one of the trustees to his museum , which is to be offered for £ 20,000 to the King , the Parliament , ' & c . Letters , ii . 320 . With money raised ...
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... Horace Walpole was elected a Fellow , Gray wrote to him : - ' This is only a beginning ; I reckon next week we shall hear you are a Free - Mason , or a Gormogon at least . ' Gray's Letters , i . 157 . Johnson improved ' the method of ...
... Horace Walpole was elected a Fellow , Gray wrote to him : - ' This is only a beginning ; I reckon next week we shall hear you are a Free - Mason , or a Gormogon at least . ' Gray's Letters , i . 157 . Johnson improved ' the method of ...
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... Horace Walpole tells the story of the Earl of Shaftes- bury , Works , i . 429 ; as does Mac- 8 After this he rose fast into honours and employments HALIFAX 43.
... Horace Walpole tells the story of the Earl of Shaftes- bury , Works , i . 429 ; as does Mac- 8 After this he rose fast into honours and employments HALIFAX 43.
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... Horace Walpole , having misquoted a line in Halifax , excused himself as ' happily not being very accurately read in so indifferent an author . ' Anec . of Painting , iii . 194 . It is a remarkable proof of Hali- fax's self - knowledge ...
... Horace Walpole , having misquoted a line in Halifax , excused himself as ' happily not being very accurately read in so indifferent an author . ' Anec . of Painting , iii . 194 . It is a remarkable proof of Hali- fax's self - knowledge ...
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... Horace Walpole describes the Club as ' generally mentioned as a set of wits , in reality the patriots that saved Britain . ' Anecdotes of Painting , iii . 205 . Ante , PARNELL , 5 . 3 Eng . Poets , xxviii . 109 . * For Sept. 7 , 1710 ...
... Horace Walpole describes the Club as ' generally mentioned as a set of wits , in reality the patriots that saved Britain . ' Anecdotes of Painting , iii . 205 . Ante , PARNELL , 5 . 3 Eng . Poets , xxviii . 109 . * For Sept. 7 , 1710 ...
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