The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the college , and found some physicians mean enough to solicit their pa- tronage , by betraying to them the counsels of the college . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict , in ...
... endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the college , and found some physicians mean enough to solicit their pa- tronage , by betraying to them the counsels of the college . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict , in ...
Pàgina 61
... endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of positive pre- cepts , but as a system of rational government , and impartial justice . When he has nineteen , he was , by the death of his father , left ...
... endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of positive pre- cepts , but as a system of rational government , and impartial justice . When he has nineteen , he was , by the death of his father , left ...
Pàgina 104
... endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called The Plebeian . To this an an- swer was published by Addison , under the title of The Old Whig , in which it is not discovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the ...
... endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called The Plebeian . To this an an- swer was published by Addison , under the title of The Old Whig , in which it is not discovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the ...
Pàgina 106
... endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his argu- ments and expostulations had no effect . One ex- periment , however , remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end , he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired ...
... endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his argu- ments and expostulations had no effect . One ex- periment , however , remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end , he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired ...
Pàgina 154
... endeavoured to protect the Catalans . After the Queen's death , he became a constant opponent of the court ; and , having no public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 ...
... endeavoured to protect the Catalans . After the Queen's death , he became a constant opponent of the court ; and , having no public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 ...
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