Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... given to two widow sisters , who inherited what he left , as his lawful heirs ; for he died without a will , though he had gathered three thousand pounds . There have appeared likewise under his name a comedy called the Distrest Wife ...
... given to two widow sisters , who inherited what he left , as his lawful heirs ; for he died without a will , though he had gathered three thousand pounds . There have appeared likewise under his name a comedy called the Distrest Wife ...
Page 110
... given the thrust he turned pale , and would have retired , but the maid clung round him , and one of the company endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke , by cutting the maid on the head , but was after- wards taken in a court ...
... given the thrust he turned pale , and would have retired , but the maid clung round him , and one of the company endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke , by cutting the maid on the head , but was after- wards taken in a court ...
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... given to Mr. Brocket , the tutor of Sir James Lowther . His constitution was weak , and believing that his health was promoted by exercise and change of place , he undertook ( 1765 ) a journey into Scotland , of which his account , so ...
... given to Mr. Brocket , the tutor of Sir James Lowther . His constitution was weak , and believing that his health was promoted by exercise and change of place , he undertook ( 1765 ) a journey into Scotland , of which his account , so ...
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