The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 103
... Savage , a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the consequences of the crimes of others ...
... Savage , a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the consequences of the crimes of others ...
Page 105
... Savage . Born with a legal claim to honour and to affluence , he was in two months illegitimated by the parliament , and disowned by his mother , doom- ed to poverty and obscurity , and launched upon the ocean of life , only that he ...
... Savage . Born with a legal claim to honour and to affluence , he was in two months illegitimated by the parliament , and disowned by his mother , doom- ed to poverty and obscurity , and launched upon the ocean of life , only that he ...
Page 106
... was thus cultivating his genius , his father the Earl Rivers was seized with a distem- per , which in a short time put an end to his life . He died August 18th , 1712.-R. He had frequently inquired after his son , and had 106 SAVAGE .
... was thus cultivating his genius , his father the Earl Rivers was seized with a distem- per , which in a short time put an end to his life . He died August 18th , 1712.-R. He had frequently inquired after his son , and had 106 SAVAGE .
Page 107
... Savage . The same cruelty which incited his mother to intercept this provision which had been intended him ... Savage's Preface to his Miscellanies . who had by a long gradation of guilt hardened their SAVAGE 107.
... Savage . The same cruelty which incited his mother to intercept this provision which had been intended him ... Savage's Preface to his Miscellanies . who had by a long gradation of guilt hardened their SAVAGE 107.
Page 108
... Savage might on this occasion find pro- tectors and advocates among those who had long traded in crimes , and whom compassion had never touched before . Being hindered , by whatever means , from ba- nishing him into another country ...
... Savage might on this occasion find pro- tectors and advocates among those who had long traded in crimes , and whom compassion had never touched before . Being hindered , by whatever means , from ba- nishing him into another country ...
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