Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 110
... performance , he was with- out lodging , and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the street allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches , and afterwards step into a shop ...
... performance , he was with- out lodging , and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the street allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches , and afterwards step into a shop ...
Page 129
... performance was always considered by himself as his master - piece ; and Mr. Pope , when he asked his opinion of it , told him , that he read it once over , and was not displeased with it , that it gave him more pleasure at the second ...
... performance was always considered by himself as his master - piece ; and Mr. Pope , when he asked his opinion of it , told him , that he read it once over , and was not displeased with it , that it gave him more pleasure at the second ...
Page 157
... performance was much commended by some whose judgement in that kind of writing is generally allowed . But Savage easily reconciled himself to mankind without imputing any defect to his work , by observing that his poem was unluckily ...
... performance was much commended by some whose judgement in that kind of writing is generally allowed . But Savage easily reconciled himself to mankind without imputing any defect to his work , by observing that his poem was unluckily ...
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