The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 128
... desire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in public , and refused him admission into her house . One evening walking , as it was his custom , in the street that she inhabited , he saw the door of her house by accident open ...
... desire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in public , and refused him admission into her house . One evening walking , as it was his custom , in the street that she inhabited , he saw the door of her house by accident open ...
Page 142
... desire of pleasure , and habitual slavery to his passions , which involved him in many perplexities . He hap- pened at that time to be engaged in the pursuit of some trifling gratification , and , being without mo- ney for the present ...
... desire of pleasure , and habitual slavery to his passions , which involved him in many perplexities . He hap- pened at that time to be engaged in the pursuit of some trifling gratification , and , being without mo- ney for the present ...
Page 158
... desire of hearing her own praises , and a greater regard to herself than to him on whom her bounty was conferred . It was a kind of avaricious generosity , by which flattery was rather purchased than genius rewarded . Mrs. Oldfield had ...
... desire of hearing her own praises , and a greater regard to herself than to him on whom her bounty was conferred . It was a kind of avaricious generosity , by which flattery was rather purchased than genius rewarded . Mrs. Oldfield had ...
Page 161
... soon afterwards a process commenced in the same court against himself , on an information in which he was accused of writing and publishing an obscene pamphlet . It was always Mr. Savage's desire to be distin- guished SAVAGE . 161.
... soon afterwards a process commenced in the same court against himself , on an information in which he was accused of writing and publishing an obscene pamphlet . It was always Mr. Savage's desire to be distin- guished SAVAGE . 161.
Page 162
Samuel Johnson. It was always Mr. Savage's desire to be distin- guished ; and , when any controversy became po pular , he never wanted some reason for engaging in it with great ardour , and appearing at the head of the party which he had ...
Samuel Johnson. It was always Mr. Savage's desire to be distin- guished ; and , when any controversy became po pular , he never wanted some reason for engaging in it with great ardour , and appearing at the head of the party which he had ...
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