The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... suffered his friends to call him off from his retirements , and to lengthen out those jovial avocations , yet his return to his studies were so much the more passionate , and his intention upon those refined pleasures of reading and ...
... suffered his friends to call him off from his retirements , and to lengthen out those jovial avocations , yet his return to his studies were so much the more passionate , and his intention upon those refined pleasures of reading and ...
Pàgina 24
... suffer it to be lost ; but , amidst the jollity of a tavern , or in the warmth of conversation , very diligently committed it to paper . Thus it was that he had gathered two quires of hints for his new tragedy ; of which Rowe , when ...
... suffer it to be lost ; but , amidst the jollity of a tavern , or in the warmth of conversation , very diligently committed it to paper . Thus it was that he had gathered two quires of hints for his new tragedy ; of which Rowe , when ...
Pàgina 25
... suffered to be poor , when Addi- son was caressed and preferred ; nor would a very little have contented him ; for he estimated his wants at six hundred pounds a year . In his course of reading , it was particular that he had diligently ...
... suffered to be poor , when Addi- son was caressed and preferred ; nor would a very little have contented him ; for he estimated his wants at six hundred pounds a year . In his course of reading , it was particular that he had diligently ...
Pàgina 35
... suffer him to be delighted . King was resolved to counteract his sullenness , and at the expense of a few barrels of ale filled the neighbourhood with honest merriment . In the autumn of 1712 , his health declined ; he grew weaker by ...
... suffer him to be delighted . King was resolved to counteract his sullenness , and at the expense of a few barrels of ale filled the neighbourhood with honest merriment . In the autumn of 1712 , his health declined ; he grew weaker by ...
Pàgina 38
... was brought before them , gave his voice in his favour . Thus far he suffered interest or obedience to carry him ; but further he refused to go . When he found that the powers of the ecclesiastical com- mission 38 SPRAT .
... was brought before them , gave his voice in his favour . Thus far he suffered interest or obedience to carry him ; but further he refused to go . When he found that the powers of the ecclesiastical com- mission 38 SPRAT .
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