Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 104
... given by him to Mr. Bullock , who , having more interest , made some slight alterations , and brought it upon the stage , under the title of WOMAN'S A RIDDLE , but allowed the unhappy author no part of the profit . Not discouraged ...
... given by him to Mr. Bullock , who , having more interest , made some slight alterations , and brought it upon the stage , under the title of WOMAN'S A RIDDLE , but allowed the unhappy author no part of the profit . Not discouraged ...
Page 255
... given to this translation , though report seems to have overrated it , was such as the world has not often seen . The subscribers were five hundred and seventy - five . The copies for which sub- scriptions were given were six hundred ...
... given to this translation , though report seems to have overrated it , was such as the world has not often seen . The subscribers were five hundred and seventy - five . The copies for which sub- scriptions were given were six hundred ...
Page 352
... given why part of the information should be given in one tongue , and part in another , on a tomb , more than in any other place , on any other occasion ; and to tell all that can be conveniently told in verse , and then to call in the ...
... given why part of the information should be given in one tongue , and part in another , on a tomb , more than in any other place , on any other occasion ; and to tell all that can be conveniently told in verse , and then to call in the ...
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