He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. He had mingled with the gay world without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected... The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Dryden. Smith. Duke. King ... - Page 259 by Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 503 pages Full view -
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