Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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... received 2 . Wherever Congreve was born he was educated first at Kilkenny3 , 4 and afterwards at Dublin 4 , his father having some military employ- ment that stationed him in Ireland 5 : but after having passed through the usual ...
... received 2 . Wherever Congreve was born he was educated first at Kilkenny3 , 4 and afterwards at Dublin 4 , his father having some military employ- ment that stationed him in Ireland 5 : but after having passed through the usual ...
Page 404
... receiving his pro- posals , he sent him ten guineas 2 . But the money which his subscriptions afforded him was not less ... received in small sums , he never was able to send his poems to the press , but for many years continued his ...
... receiving his pro- posals , he sent him ten guineas 2 . But the money which his subscriptions afforded him was not less ... received in small sums , he never was able to send his poems to the press , but for many years continued his ...
Page 435
... received from himself an account of most of the transactions which he proposes to mention , to the time of his retirement to Swansea in Wales . ' From that period , to his death in the prison of Bristol , the account will be continued ...
... received from himself an account of most of the transactions which he proposes to mention , to the time of his retirement to Swansea in Wales . ' From that period , to his death in the prison of Bristol , the account will be continued ...
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