Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 87
... equal skill , but not equal happiness . When the ministers of queen Anne were negotiat- ing with France , Tickell published The Prospect of Peace , a poem , of which the tendency was to reclaim the nation from the pride of conquest to ...
... equal skill , but not equal happiness . When the ministers of queen Anne were negotiat- ing with France , Tickell published The Prospect of Peace , a poem , of which the tendency was to reclaim the nation from the pride of conquest to ...
Page 158
... equal patience ; but to which it must likewise be confessed , that few would have been exposed who received punctually fifty pounds a year ; a salary which , though by no means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found ...
... equal patience ; but to which it must likewise be confessed , that few would have been exposed who received punctually fifty pounds a year ; a salary which , though by no means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found ...
Page 160
... equal difficulty , called up to dinner ; it was therefore impossible to pay him any distinction without the entire subversion of all oeconomy , a kind of establish- ment which , wherever he went , he always appeared ambitious to ...
... equal difficulty , called up to dinner ; it was therefore impossible to pay him any distinction without the entire subversion of all oeconomy , a kind of establish- ment which , wherever he went , he always appeared ambitious to ...
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