Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 170
... sent him every Monday a guinea , which he commonly spent before the next morning , and trusted , after his usual manner , the remaining part of the week to the bounty of fortune . He now began very sensibly to feel the miseries of ...
... sent him every Monday a guinea , which he commonly spent before the next morning , and trusted , after his usual manner , the remaining part of the week to the bounty of fortune . He now began very sensibly to feel the miseries of ...
Page 173
... sent them word , that he was yet upon the road , and without money ; and that he therefore could not proceed without a remittance . They then sent him the money that was in their hands , with which he was enabled to reach Bristol , from ...
... sent them word , that he was yet upon the road , and without money ; and that he therefore could not proceed without a remittance . They then sent him the money that was in their hands , with which he was enabled to reach Bristol , from ...
Page 213
... sent her , not so much entreating as requiring her patronage of Mrs. Barber , an ingenious Irishwoman , who was then begging subscriptions for her Poems . To this Letter was subscribed the name of Swift , and it has all the appearances ...
... sent her , not so much entreating as requiring her patronage of Mrs. Barber , an ingenious Irishwoman , who was then begging subscriptions for her Poems . To this Letter was subscribed the name of Swift , and it has all the appearances ...
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