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Page 80
... allowed by sportsmen to write with great intelligence of his subject , which is the first requisite to excellence ; and though it is impossible to interest the common readers of verse in the dangers or pleasures of the chase , he has ...
... allowed by sportsmen to write with great intelligence of his subject , which is the first requisite to excellence ; and though it is impossible to interest the common readers of verse in the dangers or pleasures of the chase , he has ...
Page 86
... allowed the unhappy Author no part of the profit . Not discouraged however at his repulse , he wrote two * Jacob's Lives of the Dramatic Poets . ** This play was printed first in 8vo .; and afterwards in 12mo . the fifth edition . years ...
... allowed the unhappy Author no part of the profit . Not discouraged however at his repulse , he wrote two * Jacob's Lives of the Dramatic Poets . ** This play was printed first in 8vo .; and afterwards in 12mo . the fifth edition . years ...
Page 90
... allowed him a settled pension of fifty pounds a year , which was during her life regularly paid . That this act of generosity may receive its due praise , and that the good actions of Mrs. Oldfield may not be sullied by her general ...
... allowed him a settled pension of fifty pounds a year , which was during her life regularly paid . That this act of generosity may receive its due praise , and that the good actions of Mrs. Oldfield may not be sullied by her general ...
Page 92
... allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches , and afterwards step into a shop , beg for a few moments the use of the pen and ink , and write down what he had composed upon paper which he had picked up by accident . If the ...
... allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches , and afterwards step into a shop , beg for a few moments the use of the pen and ink , and write down what he had composed upon paper which he had picked up by accident . If the ...
Page 95
... allowed to have carried the price of honour from his competitors ; but I know not whether he gained by his per- formance any other advantage than the increase of his repu- tation ; though it must certainly have been with further views ...
... allowed to have carried the price of honour from his competitors ; but I know not whether he gained by his per- formance any other advantage than the increase of his repu- tation ; though it must certainly have been with further views ...
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