Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 112
... afterwards , when Mr. Savage's necessities returned , he encouraged a sub- scription to a Miscellany of Poems in a very extra- ordinary manner , by publishing his story in the Plain Dealer , with some affecting lines , which he asserts ...
... afterwards , when Mr. Savage's necessities returned , he encouraged a sub- scription to a Miscellany of Poems in a very extra- ordinary manner , by publishing his story in the Plain Dealer , with some affecting lines , which he asserts ...
Page 231
... afterwards reconciled ; but I am afraid their peace was without friendship . He afterwards published a Miscellany of Poems , which is inserted , with corrections , in the late com- pilation . He never rose to very high dignity in the ...
... afterwards reconciled ; but I am afraid their peace was without friendship . He afterwards published a Miscellany of Poems , which is inserted , with corrections , in the late com- pilation . He never rose to very high dignity in the ...
Page 247
... afterwards Dennis published some re- marks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The ...
... afterwards Dennis published some re- marks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The ...
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