Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 215
... gave him a place in the pipe - office , and another in the customs of six hundred pounds a year . Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . tended for the play , says that the author ...
... gave him a place in the pipe - office , and another in the customs of six hundred pounds a year . Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . tended for the play , says that the author ...
Page 276
... gave rise to The Beggar's Opera . He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift the Doctor did not much like the project . As he carried it on he shewed what he wrote to both of us , and we now and then gave a correction , or ...
... gave rise to The Beggar's Opera . He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift the Doctor did not much like the project . As he carried it on he shewed what he wrote to both of us , and we now and then gave a correction , or ...
Page 280
... gave it to him as he wanted it . But it is supposed that the discountenance of the Court sunk deep into his heart , and gave him more discontent than the applauses or tenderness of his friends could overpower5 . He soon fell into his ...
... gave it to him as he wanted it . But it is supposed that the discountenance of the Court sunk deep into his heart , and gave him more discontent than the applauses or tenderness of his friends could overpower5 . He soon fell into his ...
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