The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 52
... remarkable for inflexible per- severance in her demand to be treated as a princess , in 1712 took Gay into her service as secretary : by quitting a shop for such service he might gain leisure , but he certainly ad- vanced little in the ...
... remarkable for inflexible per- severance in her demand to be treated as a princess , in 1712 took Gay into her service as secretary : by quitting a shop for such service he might gain leisure , but he certainly ad- vanced little in the ...
Page 54
... remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it ; " which , says Gay , " calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a knave . " But fortune has always been inconstant . Not long after- wards ( 1717 ) he endeavoured ...
... remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it ; " which , says Gay , " calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a knave . " But fortune has always been inconstant . Not long after- wards ( 1717 ) he endeavoured ...
Page 70
... remarkable sen- tence by which he warned his congregation to " beware of thorough - paced doctrine , that doctrine which , coming in at one ear , passes through the head , and goes out at the other . " Nothing worse than this appearing ...
... remarkable sen- tence by which he warned his congregation to " beware of thorough - paced doctrine , that doctrine which , coming in at one ear , passes through the head , and goes out at the other . " Nothing worse than this appearing ...
Page 81
... remarkable for what they have suffered , than for what they have achieved ; and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned , and relate their unhappy lives and untimely deaths . To these mournful narratives ...
... remarkable for what they have suffered , than for what they have achieved ; and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned , and relate their unhappy lives and untimely deaths . To these mournful narratives ...
Page 93
... remarkable for singularity of sentiment , and bold experiments in lan- guage , Mr. Savage did not think his play much improved by his innovation , and had even at that time the courage to reject several passages which he could not ...
... remarkable for singularity of sentiment , and bold experiments in lan- guage , Mr. Savage did not think his play much improved by his innovation , and had even at that time the courage to reject several passages which he could not ...
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