Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 60
... remarkable for inflexible perseverance 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 advanced little in the ...
... remarkable for inflexible perseverance 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 advanced little in the ...
Page 128
... remarkable , not only for the gaiety of the ideas , and the melody of the numbers , but for the agree- able fiction upon which it is formed . Mirth , overwhelmed with sorrow for the sickness of her favourite , takes a flight in quest of ...
... remarkable , not only for the gaiety of the ideas , and the melody of the numbers , but for the agree- able fiction upon which it is formed . Mirth , overwhelmed with sorrow for the sickness of her favourite , takes a flight in quest of ...
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... remarkable gentleness and sweetness of disposition . The weakness of his body continued through his life , but the mildness of his mind perhaps ended with his childhood . His voice , when he was young , was so pleasing , that he was ...
... remarkable gentleness and sweetness of disposition . The weakness of his body continued through his life , but the mildness of his mind perhaps ended with his childhood . His voice , when he was young , was so pleasing , that he was ...
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