The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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... gave him a place in the Pipe - Office , and another in the Customs of six hun- dred pounds a year . Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age ...
... gave him a place in the Pipe - Office , and another in the Customs of six hun- dred pounds a year . Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age ...
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... gave another specimen of his abilities in The Double Dealer , ' which was not received with equal kindness . writes to his patron the Lord Halifax a dedication , in which he en- deavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few ...
... gave another specimen of his abilities in The Double Dealer , ' which was not received with equal kindness . writes to his patron the Lord Halifax a dedication , in which he en- deavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few ...
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... gave him , which was Ursa Major . But it is not true , as has been reported , that it was in con- sequence of my saying that he was a constellation of genius and literature . - Boswell by Croker , p . 398 , ed . 1848 . " The first I ...
... gave him , which was Ursa Major . But it is not true , as has been reported , that it was in con- sequence of my saying that he was a constellation of genius and literature . - Boswell by Croker , p . 398 , ed . 1848 . " The first I ...
Pàgina 65
... gave himself the preference , while he seemed to disown it . Not content with this , he is supposed to have incited Gay to write ' The Shepherd's Week , ' to show , that if it be necessary to copy nature with minuteness , rural life ...
... gave himself the preference , while he seemed to disown it . Not content with this , he is supposed to have incited Gay to write ' The Shepherd's Week , ' to show , that if it be necessary to copy nature with minuteness , rural life ...
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... gave rise to the ' Beggar's Opera . ' He began on it and when first he mentioned it to Swift , the Doctor did not much like the project . As he carried it on , he showed what he wrote to both of us , and we now and then gave a ...
... gave rise to the ' Beggar's Opera . ' He began on it and when first he mentioned it to Swift , the Doctor did not much like the project . As he carried it on , he showed what he wrote to both of us , and we now and then gave a ...
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