The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 41
... lived in the city till he had learnt its note . That " Prince Arthur " found many readers is certain ; for in two years it had three editions ; a very uncommon instance of favourable reception , at a time when literary curiosity was yet ...
... lived in the city till he had learnt its note . That " Prince Arthur " found many readers is certain ; for in two years it had three editions ; a very uncommon instance of favourable reception , at a time when literary curiosity was yet ...
Page 43
... lived long enough to ridicule in a prologue . The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed adversary . He had besides given them reason for resentment ; as , in his ...
... lived long enough to ridicule in a prologue . The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed adversary . He had besides given them reason for resentment ; as , in his ...
Page 65
... ( no doubt ) in acting right , in feeling himself honest , true , and unpretending to more than was his own . So he dyed , as he lived , with that secret , yet sufficient , Contentment . As to any Papers left behind him , I dare FENTON .
... ( no doubt ) in acting right , in feeling himself honest , true , and unpretending to more than was his own . So he dyed , as he lived , with that secret , yet sufficient , Contentment . As to any Papers left behind him , I dare FENTON .
Page 81
... lived in literary retirement , and indeed had for some time few other pleasures but those of study in his power . He was , as the bio- graphers observe , the younger son of a younger brother ; a denomination by which our ancestors ...
... lived in literary retirement , and indeed had for some time few other pleasures but those of study in his power . He was , as the bio- graphers observe , the younger son of a younger brother ; a denomination by which our ancestors ...
Page 100
... lived till nine- ty , had a jointure of six hundred . It is with regret that I find myself not better enabled to exhibit memorials of a writer who at least must be allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting ...
... lived till nine- ty , had a jointure of six hundred . It is with regret that I find myself not better enabled to exhibit memorials of a writer who at least must be allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting ...
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