Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 65
... letters written to her by the Lady Mason , which informed him of his birth , and the reasons for which it was concealed . He was no longer satisfied with the employment which had been allotted him , but thought he had a right to share ...
... letters written to her by the Lady Mason , which informed him of his birth , and the reasons for which it was concealed . He was no longer satisfied with the employment which had been allotted him , but thought he had a right to share ...
Page 89
... letters annexed to each species of bad poets in the Bathos were , as he was directed to assert , " set down at random ; " for when he was charged by one of his friends with putting his name to such an improbability , he had no other ...
... letters annexed to each species of bad poets in the Bathos were , as he was directed to assert , " set down at random ; " for when he was charged by one of his friends with putting his name to such an improbability , he had no other ...
Page 94
... letter as a heavy calamity . In one of his letters relating to an impression of some verses he remarks that he had , with regard to the correction of the proof , " a spell upon him ; " and indeed the anxiety with which he dwelt upon the ...
... letter as a heavy calamity . In one of his letters relating to an impression of some verses he remarks that he had , with regard to the correction of the proof , " a spell upon him ; " and indeed the anxiety with which he dwelt upon the ...
Page 108
... letter , which he prefixed to the poem when he afterwards re- printed it in The Gentleman's Magazine , whence I have copied it entire , as this was one of the few attempts in which Mr. Savage succeeded . " MR . URBAN , -In your Magazine ...
... letter , which he prefixed to the poem when he afterwards re- printed it in The Gentleman's Magazine , whence I have copied it entire , as this was one of the few attempts in which Mr. Savage succeeded . " MR . URBAN , -In your Magazine ...
Page 111
... letter to the author of the paper , who , either trusting to the protection of those whose defence he had undertaken , or having entertained some personal malice against Mr. Savage , or fearing lest , by retracting so confident an ...
... letter to the author of the paper , who , either trusting to the protection of those whose defence he had undertaken , or having entertained some personal malice against Mr. Savage , or fearing lest , by retracting so confident an ...
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