The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or acrimony ; and his firmness was naturally esteemed , as his abilities were reverenced . His security ...
... fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or acrimony ; and his firmness was naturally esteemed , as his abilities were reverenced . His security ...
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... fortune has always been inconstant . Not long af terwards , ( 1717 ) , he endeavoured to entertain the town with Three Hours after Marriage ; a comedy written , as there is sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assist- ance of ...
... fortune has always been inconstant . Not long af terwards , ( 1717 ) , he endeavoured to entertain the town with Three Hours after Marriage ; a comedy written , as there is sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assist- ance of ...
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... fortunes for him , upon this and all othe occasions ; but , at the same time , they humbly beseech him to give them such ... fortune . About this time he became enamoured of the countess of Newburgh , whom he has celebrated with so much ...
... fortunes for him , upon this and all othe occasions ; but , at the same time , they humbly beseech him to give them such ... fortune . About this time he became enamoured of the countess of Newburgh , whom he has celebrated with so much ...
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... fortune im- proved by bequests from his father , and his uncle the earl of Bath , he was chosen into parliament for Fowey . He soon after engaged in a joint translation of the Invectives against Philip , with a design , surely weak and ...
... fortune im- proved by bequests from his father , and his uncle the earl of Bath , he was chosen into parliament for Fowey . He soon after engaged in a joint translation of the Invectives against Philip , with a design , surely weak and ...
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... fortune have contributed very little to the pro- motion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank , or the extent of their capacity , have placed upon the summits of human life , have not often given any just ...
... fortune have contributed very little to the pro- motion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank , or the extent of their capacity , have placed upon the summits of human life , have not often given any just ...
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