Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 157
... conversation , and therefore willingly practised them . He had seldom any home , or even a lodging in which he could be private ; and therefore was driven into public - houses for the common conveniences of life and supports of nature ...
... conversation , and therefore willingly practised them . He had seldom any home , or even a lodging in which he could be private ; and therefore was driven into public - houses for the common conveniences of life and supports of nature ...
Page 208
... conversation difficult ; they grew likewise more severe , till in 1736 , as he was writing a poem called The Legion Club , he was seized with a fit so painful , and so long continued , that he never after thought it proper to attempt ...
... conversation difficult ; they grew likewise more severe , till in 1736 , as he was writing a poem called The Legion Club , he was seized with a fit so painful , and so long continued , that he never after thought it proper to attempt ...
Page 445
... conversation was elegant and easy . The rest of his character may , without injury to his memory , sink into silence . As a writer , he cannot be placed in any high class . There is no species of composition in which he was eminent ...
... conversation was elegant and easy . The rest of his character may , without injury to his memory , sink into silence . As a writer , he cannot be placed in any high class . There is no species of composition in which he was eminent ...
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