Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 164
... printing his works was frequently revived ; and , as his proposals grew obsolete , new ones were printed with fresher dates . To form schemes for the publication was one of his favourite amusements ; nor was he ever more at ease than ...
... printing his works was frequently revived ; and , as his proposals grew obsolete , new ones were printed with fresher dates . To form schemes for the publication was one of his favourite amusements ; nor was he ever more at ease than ...
Page 251
... printed but for the author , that the subscription might not be depreciated ; but Lintot impressed the same pages ... printed for the subscribers . Lintot printed two hundred and fifty on royal paper in Folio for two guineas a volume ...
... printed but for the author , that the subscription might not be depreciated ; but Lintot impressed the same pages ... printed for the subscribers . Lintot printed two hundred and fifty on royal paper in Folio for two guineas a volume ...
Page 446
... printed was a prose publication , entitled , The Centaur not fabulous , in six Letters to a Friend on the Life in Vogue . The conclu- sion is dated November 29 , 1754. In the third Letter is described the death - bed of the gay , young ...
... printed was a prose publication , entitled , The Centaur not fabulous , in six Letters to a Friend on the Life in Vogue . The conclu- sion is dated November 29 , 1754. In the third Letter is described the death - bed of the gay , young ...
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