The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... suffered such diminution by mishaps among the women , that a patch upon that part evidently denoted him . IT is said likewise that Sir Robert Howard was once meant . The design was probably to ridicule the reigning poet , whoever he ...
... suffered such diminution by mishaps among the women , that a patch upon that part evidently denoted him . IT is said likewise that Sir Robert Howard was once meant . The design was probably to ridicule the reigning poet , whoever he ...
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... suffer a little by it ; but at least it will serve to keep him in from other extravagances ; and if he gains little honour by this work , yet he cannot lose so much by it as he has done by his last employment . ' HAVING probably felt ...
... suffer a little by it ; but at least it will serve to keep him in from other extravagances ; and if he gains little honour by this work , yet he cannot lose so much by it as he has done by his last employment . ' HAVING probably felt ...
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... suffering under a public infliction ; and once particularly demands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little fortune . His patron might , indeed , enjoin him to suppress his bounty ; but , if he suffered ...
... suffering under a public infliction ; and once particularly demands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little fortune . His patron might , indeed , enjoin him to suppress his bounty ; but , if he suffered ...
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... suffered when he solicited ordination ; but he denies , in the preface to his Fables , that he ever de- signed to enter into the Church ; and such a denial- he would not have hazarded , if he could have been convicted of falsehood ...
... suffered when he solicited ordination ; but he denies , in the preface to his Fables , that he ever de- signed to enter into the Church ; and such a denial- he would not have hazarded , if he could have been convicted of falsehood ...
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... suffer all the rudeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue . ' 6 WHAT rewards he obtained for his poems , besides the payment of the bookseller , cannot be known . Mr Derrick , who consulted some of his relations , was ...
... suffer all the rudeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue . ' 6 WHAT rewards he obtained for his poems , besides the payment of the bookseller , cannot be known . Mr Derrick , who consulted some of his relations , was ...
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