The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 149
... night were generally lost in the morning ? Thus Mr. Savage , after the curiosity of the inhabitants was gratified ... thoughts of his journey out of his mind . While he was thus spending the day in contriving a scheme for the ...
... night were generally lost in the morning ? Thus Mr. Savage , after the curiosity of the inhabitants was gratified ... thoughts of his journey out of his mind . While he was thus spending the day in contriving a scheme for the ...
Page 264
Samuel Johnson. thoughts , while they are general , are right ; and most hearts are pure while temptation is away . It ... night , to supply him with paper , lest he should lose a thought . He pretends insensibility to censure and ...
Samuel Johnson. thoughts , while they are general , are right ; and most hearts are pure while temptation is away . It ... night , to supply him with paper , lest he should lose a thought . He pretends insensibility to censure and ...
Page 346
... Night Thoughts ' much has been told of which there never could have been proofs ; and little care appears to have been taken to tell that , of which proofs , with little trouble , might have been procured . " EDWARD YOUNG was born at ...
... Night Thoughts ' much has been told of which there never could have been proofs ; and little care appears to have been taken to tell that , of which proofs , with little trouble , might have been procured . " EDWARD YOUNG was born at ...
Page 347
... Night Thoughts . " On the 13th of October , 1703 , he was entered an indepen- dent member of New College , that he might live at little expense in the warden's lodgings , who was a particular friend of his father's , till he should be ...
... Night Thoughts . " On the 13th of October , 1703 , he was entered an indepen- dent member of New College , that he might live at little expense in the warden's lodgings , who was a particular friend of his father's , till he should be ...
Page 348
... Night Thoughts . " It is probable that his College was proud of him no less as a scholar than as a poet ; for , in 1716 , when the foundation of the Codrington Library was laid , two years after he had taken his bachelor's degree ...
... Night Thoughts . " It is probable that his College was proud of him no less as a scholar than as a poet ; for , in 1716 , when the foundation of the Codrington Library was laid , two years after he had taken his bachelor's degree ...
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