Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 158
... conversation would have been thought a sufficient recompense for his entertainment . He lodged as much by accident as he dined , and passed the night sometimes in mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , some ...
... conversation would have been thought a sufficient recompense for his entertainment . He lodged as much by accident as he dined , and passed the night sometimes in mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , some ...
Page 218
... conversation , and desisted from study , he had neither business nor amusement ; for having , by some ridiculous resolution or mad vow , determined never to wear spectacles , he could make little use of books in his later years : his ...
... conversation , and desisted from study , he had neither business nor amusement ; for having , by some ridiculous resolution or mad vow , determined never to wear spectacles , he could make little use of books in his later years : his ...
Page 466
... 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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