LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 65
... mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honour ed by his presence . The King , with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other exam . ple , declined to be the judge or avenger of his own or his ...
... mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honour ed by his presence . The King , with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other exam . ple , declined to be the judge or avenger of his own or his ...
Page 77
... were corrupted into Melton . By the Crown - office mentioned in the two last paragraphs , we are to understand the Crown- effice of the Court of Chancery . H. Milton Milton had children only by his first wife ; Anne MILTON . 77.
... were corrupted into Melton . By the Crown - office mentioned in the two last paragraphs , we are to understand the Crown- effice of the Court of Chancery . H. Milton Milton had children only by his first wife ; Anne MILTON . 77.
Page 94
... mentioned . He was probably led into this mistake by a note in the Biog . Brit . p . 1077 , signifying , that the son of this gentleman was living in 1736 . Of this friend and generous patron of Butler , Mr. William Longueville , I find ...
... mentioned . He was probably led into this mistake by a note in the Biog . Brit . p . 1077 , signifying , that the son of this gentleman was living in 1736 . Of this friend and generous patron of Butler , Mr. William Longueville , I find ...
Page 103
... mentioned by Wood as the greatest scholar of all the nobility . Sometimes he retired into the country , and anused himself with writing libels , in which he did not pretend to confine himself to truth . His favourite author in French ...
... mentioned by Wood as the greatest scholar of all the nobility . Sometimes he retired into the country , and anused himself with writing libels , in which he did not pretend to confine himself to truth . His favourite author in French ...
Page 104
... buffoon conceit was , I suppose , a saying often mentioned , that every Man would be a Coward if he durse ; and drew from I quote from memory , Dr. J. him those furious verses ; to which Scroop made in him $ 04 ROCHESTE K.
... buffoon conceit was , I suppose , a saying often mentioned , that every Man would be a Coward if he durse ; and drew from I quote from memory , Dr. J. him those furious verses ; to which Scroop made in him $ 04 ROCHESTE K.
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