The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 26
... 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 Revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the ...
... 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 Revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the ...
Page 32
... supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Specta tor , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men ...
... supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Specta tor , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men ...
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... supposed to have applied himself to books ; for he discovers more literature than the poets have commonly attained . But his studies were in his latter days obstructed by cataracts in his eyes , which at last terminated in blindness ...
... supposed to have applied himself to books ; for he discovers more literature than the poets have commonly attained . But his studies were in his latter days obstructed by cataracts in his eyes , which at last terminated in blindness ...
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... supposed to have been an attorney . Having been for some time educated in a country school , he was sent , at thirteen , to Westminster ; and , in 1668 , was entered at Edmund Hall , in Oxford , where he took the degree of M. A. June 3 ...
... supposed to have been an attorney . Having been for some time educated in a country school , he was sent , at thirteen , to Westminster ; and , in 1668 , was entered at Edmund Hall , in Oxford , where he took the degree of M. A. June 3 ...
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... supposed to have increased in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equiva- lent to all their outrages ; he was this year made one of the physicians in ordinary to King William , and advanced by him to the honour of ...
... supposed to have increased in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equiva- lent to all their outrages ; he was this year made one of the physicians in ordinary to King William , and advanced by him to the honour of ...
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