The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 110
... late in the year , that the Author obtained no other advantage from it , than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , caressed , and relieved . Sir Richard Steele , having declared in his favour ...
... late in the year , that the Author obtained no other advantage from it , than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , caressed , and relieved . Sir Richard Steele , having declared in his favour ...
Page 119
... late collection of his poems . + It was acted only three nights , the first on June 12 , 1723. When the house opened for the winter season it was once more performed for the Author's benefit , Oct. 2.-R. In the publication of his ...
... late collection of his poems . + It was acted only three nights , the first on June 12 , 1723. When the house opened for the winter season it was once more performed for the Author's benefit , Oct. 2.-R. In the publication of his ...
Page 123
... late , it being in no time of Mr. Savage's life any part of his character to be the first of the company that desired to separate . He would will- ingly have gone to bed in the same house ; but there was not room for the whole company ...
... late , it being in no time of Mr. Savage's life any part of his character to be the first of the company that desired to separate . He would will- ingly have gone to bed in the same house ; but there was not room for the whole company ...
Page 127
... late to offer any thing by way of defence or vindication ; nor can we ex- pect from your lordships , in this court , but the sentence which the laws require you , as judges , to pronounce against men of our calamitous condi- tion . But ...
... late to offer any thing by way of defence or vindication ; nor can we ex- pect from your lordships , in this court , but the sentence which the laws require you , as judges , to pronounce against men of our calamitous condi- tion . But ...
Page 132
... it ; and , if he transiently mentioned it , appeared neither to consider himself as a murderer , nor as a man wholly free from the Printed in the late collection . guilt of blood . How much and how long he 132 SAVAGE .
... it ; and , if he transiently mentioned it , appeared neither to consider himself as a murderer , nor as a man wholly free from the Printed in the late collection . guilt of blood . How much and how long he 132 SAVAGE .
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