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Pàgina xiii
... success , 228 - Attacked by Dennis , 228 - The Guardian started , 229 - The Drummer , 230 - In 1716 marries the Countess of Warwick , 231 - His deathbed interview with Gay , 234- Dies , June 17 , 1719 at Holland House , 234 - His ...
... success , 228 - Attacked by Dennis , 228 - The Guardian started , 229 - The Drummer , 230 - In 1716 marries the Countess of Warwick , 231 - His deathbed interview with Gay , 234- Dies , June 17 , 1719 at Holland House , 234 - His ...
Pàgina xiv
... success of The Beggars ' Opera , 288 - The friendship of the Duke and Duchess of Queensbury , 289 - Dies in their house , December 4 , 1732 , and is buried in Westminster Abbey , 290 . GEORGE GRANVILLE , LORD LANSDOWN , 1665-1735 p ...
... success of The Beggars ' Opera , 288 - The friendship of the Duke and Duchess of Queensbury , 289 - Dies in their house , December 4 , 1732 , and is buried in Westminster Abbey , 290 . GEORGE GRANVILLE , LORD LANSDOWN , 1665-1735 p ...
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... success , not with so much firmness as might have been expected from so great a man . ' " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he ...
... success , not with so much firmness as might have been expected from so great a man . ' " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he ...
Pàgina 33
... success of this negotiation gives sufficient evidence . About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the ...
... success of this negotiation gives sufficient evidence . About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the ...
Pàgina 35
... success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clear- ness of prose , nor the sprightliness of poetry . The strength of Denham ...
... success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clear- ness of prose , nor the sprightliness of poetry . The strength of Denham ...
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