Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 30
... fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or acrimony ; and his firmness was naturally esteemed , as his abilities were reverenced . His security ...
... fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or acrimony ; and his firmness was naturally esteemed , as his abilities were reverenced . His security ...
Page 137
... fortune has a natural tendency to kindle pride , and that pride seldom fails to exert itself in contempt and insult ; and if this is often the effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is some ...
... fortune has a natural tendency to kindle pride , and that pride seldom fails to exert itself in contempt and insult ; and if this is often the effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is some ...
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... fortune . This general care must be universally approved ; but it sometimes appeared in petty artifices of parsimony , such as the practice of writing his compositions on the back of letters , as may be seen in the remaining copy of the ...
... fortune . This general care must be universally approved ; but it sometimes appeared in petty artifices of parsimony , such as the practice of writing his compositions on the back of letters , as may be seen in the remaining copy of the ...
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