The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift fo neceffary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English preferment in exchange for the prebend , which he defired him to refign . With ...
... pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift fo neceffary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English preferment in exchange for the prebend , which he defired him to refign . With ...
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... pounds . With her came Mrs. Dingley , whose whole fortune was twenty - feven pounds a year for her life . With these Ladies he paffed his hours of relaxation , and to them he opened his bofom ; but they never refided in the fame house ...
... pounds . With her came Mrs. Dingley , whose whole fortune was twenty - feven pounds a year for her life . With these Ladies he paffed his hours of relaxation , and to them he opened his bofom ; but they never refided in the fame house ...
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... pounds from Lord Ox- ford ; but he accepted afterwards a draught of a thoufand upon the Exchequer , which was intercepted by the Queen's death , and which he refigned , as he fays himself , " multa gemens , with many a groan . " In the ...
... pounds from Lord Ox- ford ; but he accepted afterwards a draught of a thoufand upon the Exchequer , which was intercepted by the Queen's death , and which he refigned , as he fays himself , " multa gemens , with many a groan . " In the ...
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... pounds were offered for the discovery of the author . From this ftorm he was , as he relates , " fecured by a fleight ; " of what kind , or by whose prudence , is not known ; and fuch was the increase of his reputation , that the ...
... pounds were offered for the discovery of the author . From this ftorm he was , as he relates , " fecured by a fleight ; " of what kind , or by whose prudence , is not known ; and fuch was the increase of his reputation , that the ...
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... pounds of halfpence and farthings for the kingdom of Ireland , in which there was a very incon- venient and embarraffing fcarcity of copper coin ; fo that it was poffible to run in debt upon the credit of a piece of money ; for the cook ...
... pounds of halfpence and farthings for the kingdom of Ireland , in which there was a very incon- venient and embarraffing fcarcity of copper coin ; fo that it was poffible to run in debt upon the credit of a piece of money ; for the cook ...
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