LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 401
... of Nature , cannot please long . One excellence of the Splendid Shilling is , that it is short . Disguise can gratify no longer than it deceives . Vol . I. 3 F SAVAGE , SAVA G E. VAGE . IT T has been observed SOMERVILE . 401.
... of Nature , cannot please long . One excellence of the Splendid Shilling is , that it is short . Disguise can gratify no longer than it deceives . Vol . I. 3 F SAVAGE , SAVA G E. VAGE . IT T has been observed SOMERVILE . 401.
Page 403
... obtained in the Spiritual Court ; which we look upon as an ill precedent , and may be of dangerous consequence in the future . HALIFAX . 3 F2 ROCHESTER . But But what ever were her motives , no sooner was SAVAGE . 403.
... obtained in the Spiritual Court ; which we look upon as an ill precedent , and may be of dangerous consequence in the future . HALIFAX . 3 F2 ROCHESTER . But But what ever were her motives , no sooner was SAVAGE . 403.
Page 404
... Savage . Born with a le- gal claim to honour and to affluence , he was in two months illegitimated by the parliament , and disowned by his mother , doomed to poverty and ob- scurity , and launched upon the ocean of life , only that he ...
... Savage . Born with a le- gal claim to honour and to affluence , he was in two months illegitimated by the parliament , and disowned by his mother , doomed to poverty and ob- scurity , and launched upon the ocean of life , only that he ...
Page 405
... Savage . The same cruelty which incited his mother to intercept this provision which had been intended him , prompted her in a short time to another pro- ject , a project worthy of such a disposition . She endeavoured to rid her- self ...
... Savage . The same cruelty which incited his mother to intercept this provision which had been intended him , prompted her in a short time to another pro- ject , a project worthy of such a disposition . She endeavoured to rid her- self ...
Page 406
... Savage was at the same time so touched with the discovery of his real mother , that it was his frequent practice to walk in the dark evenings for several hours before her door , in hopes of seeing her as she might come by accident to ...
... Savage was at the same time so touched with the discovery of his real mother , that it was his frequent practice to walk in the dark evenings for several hours before her door , in hopes of seeing her as she might come by accident to ...
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