The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... passed through the usual preparatory studies , as may be reasonably supposed , with great celerity and suc- cess , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the ...
... passed through the usual preparatory studies , as may be reasonably supposed , with great celerity and suc- cess , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the ...
Page 27
... passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But if " The Old Bachelor " be more nearly ex- amined , it will be found to be one of those come- dies which may be made by a mind ...
... passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But if " The Old Bachelor " be more nearly ex- amined , it will be found to be one of those come- dies which may be made by a mind ...
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... passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope for any other notice than such as is bestowed on diligence and inquiry ...
... passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope for any other notice than such as is bestowed on diligence and inquiry ...
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... passed with little notice , when they were accumulated and exposed together , excited horror ; the wise and the pious caught the alarm ; and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered irre ligion and licentiousness to be openly ...
... passed with little notice , when they were accumulated and exposed together , excited horror ; the wise and the pious caught the alarm ; and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered irre ligion and licentiousness to be openly ...
Page 32
... passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoy . Inent of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he conti nued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or acrimony ...
... passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoy . Inent of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he conti nued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or acrimony ...
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