Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 160
... expected that order and business should fly before him , that all should thenceforward be left to hazard , and that no dull principle of domestic management should be opposed to his inclination , or intrude upon his gaiety . His ...
... expected that order and business should fly before him , that all should thenceforward be left to hazard , and that no dull principle of domestic management should be opposed to his inclination , or intrude upon his gaiety . His ...
Page 185
... and by whom it was expected that he would have been in a very short time enlarged , because he had directed the keeper to enquire after the state of his debts . However , he took care to enter his name according SAVAGE 185.
... and by whom it was expected that he would have been in a very short time enlarged , because he had directed the keeper to enquire after the state of his debts . However , he took care to enter his name according SAVAGE 185.
Page 347
... expected to have leisure and patience to peruse . I. On CHARLES Earl of DORSET , in the Church of Wythyham in Sussex . Dorset , the grace of courts , the Muses ' pride , Patron of arts , and judge of nature , dy'd . The scourge of pride ...
... expected to have leisure and patience to peruse . I. On CHARLES Earl of DORSET , in the Church of Wythyham in Sussex . Dorset , the grace of courts , the Muses ' pride , Patron of arts , and judge of nature , dy'd . The scourge of pride ...
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