Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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Page 70
... numbers are here ! Would not one swear that this youngster had espoused some antiquated muse , who had sued out a divorce on account of impotence , from some superannuated sinner ; and , having been p ― d by her former spouse , has got ...
... numbers are here ! Would not one swear that this youngster had espoused some antiquated muse , who had sued out a divorce on account of impotence , from some superannuated sinner ; and , having been p ― d by her former spouse , has got ...
Page 80
... number in the other volumes to a thousand . It is unpleasant to relate that the book- seller , after all his hopes and all his liberality , was , by a very unjust and illegal action , defrauded of his profit . An edition of the English ...
... number in the other volumes to a thousand . It is unpleasant to relate that the book- seller , after all his hopes and all his liberality , was , by a very unjust and illegal action , defrauded of his profit . An edition of the English ...
Page 81
... numbers were necessary to produce considerable profit . Pope , having now emitted his proposals , and engaged not only his own reputation but in some degree that of his friends who patronised his subscription , began to be frightened at ...
... numbers were necessary to produce considerable profit . Pope , having now emitted his proposals , and engaged not only his own reputation but in some degree that of his friends who patronised his subscription , began to be frightened at ...
Page 82
... number is very small of those who find much in the Greek more than in the Latin , except the music of the numbers . If more help was wanting he had the poetical trans- lation of Eobanus Hessus , an unwearied writer of Latin verses ; he ...
... number is very small of those who find much in the Greek more than in the Latin , except the music of the numbers . If more help was wanting he had the poetical trans- lation of Eobanus Hessus , an unwearied writer of Latin verses ; he ...
Page 92
... numbers every light . The conscious swains rejoicing at the sight , shepherds gazing with delight Eye the blue vault ... number ; but most other readers are already tired , and I am not writing only to poets and philosophers . The ...
... numbers every light . The conscious swains rejoicing at the sight , shepherds gazing with delight Eye the blue vault ... number ; but most other readers are already tired , and I am not writing only to poets and philosophers . The ...
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