The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 73
... discovering the taste of the public . He was quite right in this as usual ; the good - na- ture of the audience appeared stronger and strong- er every act , and ended in a clamour of applause . " Its reception is thus recorded in the ...
... discovering the taste of the public . He was quite right in this as usual ; the good - na- ture of the audience appeared stronger and strong- er every act , and ended in a clamour of applause . " Its reception is thus recorded in the ...
Page 105
... discovered a resolution of disowning him ; and in a very short time removed him from her sight , by committing him to the care of a poor woman , whom she directed to educate him as her own , and enjoined never to inform him of his true ...
... discovered a resolution of disowning him ; and in a very short time removed him from her sight , by committing him to the care of a poor woman , whom she directed to educate him as her own , and enjoined never to inform him of his true ...
Page 108
... discovery determined him to quit his occupation . About this time his nurse , who had always treat- ed him as her own son , died ; and it was natural for him to take care of those effects which by her death were , as he imagined ...
... discovery determined him to quit his occupation . About this time his nurse , who had always treat- ed him as her own son , died ; and it was natural for him to take care of those effects which by her death were , as he imagined ...
Page 109
... discovery of his real mother , that it was his fre- quent 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 the window , or cross her apartment with a ...
... discovery of his real mother , that it was his fre- quent 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 the window , or cross her apartment with a ...
Page 113
... discovered , his imagina . tion might sometimes incite him to mention too lu dicrously . A little knowledge of the world is suf ficient to discover that such weakness is very com- mon , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in ...
... discovered , his imagina . tion might sometimes incite him to mention too lu dicrously . A little knowledge of the world is suf ficient to discover that such weakness is very com- mon , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in ...
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