Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 179
... believe nobody at the White Lion is apprised of it . Though I let the officers know the strength ( or rather weakness ) of my pocket , yet they treated me with the utmost civility ; and even when they conducted me to con- finement , it ...
... believe nobody at the White Lion is apprised of it . Though I let the officers know the strength ( or rather weakness ) of my pocket , yet they treated me with the utmost civility ; and even when they conducted me to con- finement , it ...
Page 438
... believe , and posterity be taught to believe , that his debauched and reprobate life cast a Stygian gloom over the evening of his father's days , saved him the trouble of feigning a character completely detestable , and succeeded at ...
... believe , and posterity be taught to believe , that his debauched and reprobate life cast a Stygian gloom over the evening of his father's days , saved him the trouble of feigning a character completely detestable , and succeeded at ...
Page 480
... believe what they do understand ; fourthly , they will believe any thing at all , provided they are under no obliga- tion to believe it ; fifthly , they love to take a new road , even when that road leads no where ; sixthly , he was ...
... believe what they do understand ; fourthly , they will believe any thing at all , provided they are under no obliga- tion to believe it ; fifthly , they love to take a new road , even when that road leads no where ; sixthly , he was ...
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