The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 71
... favour , and undertook ( 1726 ) to write a volume of Fables for the improvement of the young Duke of Cumberland . For this he is said to have been promised a reward , which he had doubtless magnified with all the wild expecta- tions of ...
... favour , and undertook ( 1726 ) to write a volume of Fables for the improvement of the young Duke of Cumberland . For this he is said to have been promised a reward , which he had doubtless magnified with all the wild expecta- tions of ...
Page 72
... favour ; and diligent court was paid to Mrs. Howard , after- wards Countess of Suffolk , who was much beloved by the King and Queen , to engage her interest for his promotion ; but solicitations , verses , and flat- teries , were thrown ...
... favour ; and diligent court was paid to Mrs. Howard , after- wards Countess of Suffolk , who was much beloved by the King and Queen , to engage her interest for his promotion ; but solicitations , verses , and flat- teries , were thrown ...
Page 74
... favoured , that though the first part gained him four hundred pounds , near thrice as much was the profit of the second . He received yet another recompence for this supposed hardship in the affectionate attention of the Duke and ...
... favoured , that though the first part gained him four hundred pounds , near thrice as much was the profit of the second . He received yet another recompence for this supposed hardship in the affectionate attention of the Duke and ...
Page 83
... favour , he ( 1712 ) was appointed comptrol- ler of the household , and a privy counsellor , and to his other ... favours he soon lost all but his title ; for at the accession of King George his place was given to the Earl of ...
... favour , he ( 1712 ) was appointed comptrol- ler of the household , and a privy counsellor , and to his other ... favours he soon lost all but his title ; for at the accession of King George his place was given to the Earl of ...
Page 87
... favour him , Among his contemporaries in the College were Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to their intimacy . Yalden continued , throughout his life , to think as probably he ...
... favour him , Among his contemporaries in the College were Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to their intimacy . Yalden continued , throughout his life , to think as probably he ...
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