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That he lived without prayer can hardly be affirmed; his studies and meditations
were an habitual prayer. The neglect of it in his family was probably a fault for
which he condemned himself, and which he intended to correct, but that death, ...
That he lived without prayer can hardly be affirmed; his studies and meditations
were an habitual prayer. The neglect of it in his family was probably a fault for
which he condemned himself, and which he intended to correct, but that death, ...
Page 167
... ground of better hope, that Pope, who lived near enough to be well informed,
relates in Spence's memorials, that he died of a fever caught by violent pursuit of
a thief that had robbed one of his friends. But that indigence, and its concomitants
...
... ground of better hope, that Pope, who lived near enough to be well informed,
relates in Spence's memorials, that he died of a fever caught by violent pursuit of
a thief that had robbed one of his friends. But that indigence, and its concomitants
...
Page 195
... and if his estate, as is related in his Life, was sequestered, he had probably
contracted debts when he lived in exile ; for we are told that at Paris he lived in
splendor, and was the only Englishman, except the Lord St. Albans, that kept a
table.
... and if his estate, as is related in his Life, was sequestered, he had probably
contracted debts when he lived in exile ; for we are told that at Paris he lived in
splendor, and was the only Englishman, except the Lord St. Albans, that kept a
table.
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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