The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... died , and left a legacy with his manufcripts to Swift , for whom he had obtained , from King William , a promife of the firft prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promife might not be forgotten , Swift ...
... died , and left a legacy with his manufcripts to Swift , for whom he had obtained , from King William , a promife of the firft prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promife might not be forgotten , Swift ...
Pàgina 22
... died Mrs. Van Homrigh , a woman made unhappy by her admiration of wit , and ignominiouf- ly distinguished by the name of Vaneffa , whofe con- duct has been already fufficiently difcuffed , and whofe history is too well known to be ...
... died Mrs. Van Homrigh , a woman made unhappy by her admiration of wit , and ignominiouf- ly distinguished by the name of Vaneffa , whofe con- duct has been already fufficiently difcuffed , and whofe history is too well known to be ...
Pàgina 23
... died of disappoint- ment ; having ordered by her will the poem to be published , in which Cadenus had proclaimed her ex- cellence , and confeffed his love . The effect of the publication upon the Dean and Stella is thus related by ...
... died of disappoint- ment ; having ordered by her will the poem to be published , in which Cadenus had proclaimed her ex- cellence , and confeffed his love . The effect of the publication upon the Dean and Stella is thus related by ...
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... died in her forty - fourth year , on January 28 , 1728. How much he wished her life , his papers fhew ; nor can it be doubted that he dreaded the death of her whom he loved most , aggravated by the confcioufnefs that himself had ...
... died in her forty - fourth year , on January 28 , 1728. How much he wished her life , his papers fhew ; nor can it be doubted that he dreaded the death of her whom he loved most , aggravated by the confcioufnefs that himself had ...
Pàgina 30
... died under the tyranny of him , by whom he was in the highest degree loved and ho- noured . What were her claims to this excentrick tender- nefs , by which the laws of nature were violated to retain her , curiofity will enquire ; but ...
... died under the tyranny of him , by whom he was in the highest degree loved and ho- noured . What were her claims to this excentrick tender- nefs , by which the laws of nature were violated to retain her , curiofity will enquire ; but ...
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