The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 46
... Orrery , in Flanders , and tutor to his young son , who afterwards mentioned him with great esteem and tenderness . He was at one time assistant in the school of Mr. Bonwicke , in Surrey ; and at another kept a school for himself , at ...
... Orrery , in Flanders , and tutor to his young son , who afterwards mentioned him with great esteem and tenderness . He was at one time assistant in the school of Mr. Bonwicke , in Surrey ; and at another kept a school for himself , at ...
Page 49
... Orrery , his pupil ; such is the testimony of Pope ; and such were the suffrages of all who could boast of his acquaintance . By a former writer of his life a story is told which ought not to be forgotten . He used , in the latter part ...
... Orrery , his pupil ; such is the testimony of Pope ; and such were the suffrages of all who could boast of his acquaintance . By a former writer of his life a story is told which ought not to be forgotten . He used , in the latter part ...
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... Orrery imputes to his innate love of grossness and vulgarity : some may ascribe it to his desire of surveying human life through all its varieties : and others , perhaps with equal probability , to a passion which seems to have been ...
... Orrery imputes to his innate love of grossness and vulgarity : some may ascribe it to his desire of surveying human life through all its varieties : and others , perhaps with equal probability , to a passion which seems to have been ...
Page 174
... Orrery and Dr. Delany , are so different , that the credit of the writers , both undoubtedly veracious , cannot be saved , but by supposing , what I think is true , that they speak of different times . When Delany says , that he was ...
... Orrery and Dr. Delany , are so different , that the credit of the writers , both undoubtedly veracious , cannot be saved , but by supposing , what I think is true , that they speak of different times . When Delany says , that he was ...
Page 175
... Orrery and Dr. King . A book under that title was published , with Swift's name , by Dr. Lucas ; of which I can only say , that it seemed by no means to correspond with the notions that I had formed of it , from a conversation which I ...
... Orrery and Dr. King . A book under that title was published , with Swift's name , by Dr. Lucas ; of which I can only say , that it seemed by no means to correspond with the notions that I had formed of it , from a conversation which I ...
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