The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 1253 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... Fortune threw him fhort of it in every other circumftance of life . He avoided making any , though perhaps reafonable , complaints of her dif- penfations , under which he had honour enough to be eafy , without touching the favours fhe ...
... Fortune threw him fhort of it in every other circumftance of life . He avoided making any , though perhaps reafonable , complaints of her dif- penfations , under which he had honour enough to be eafy , without touching the favours fhe ...
Pàgina 14
... fortune is wanting to make a great name , that fingle exception can never pass upon the beft judges and moft equitable obfervers of mankind ; and when the time comes for the world to spare their pity , we may juftly enlarge our demands ...
... fortune is wanting to make a great name , that fingle exception can never pass upon the beft judges and moft equitable obfervers of mankind ; and when the time comes for the world to spare their pity , we may juftly enlarge our demands ...
Pàgina 22
... fortune of the Stage , with the ftory of Lady Jane Grey . It is not unlikely that his experience of the inefficacy and incredibi- lity of a mythological tale might determine him to choose an action from English Hiftory , at no great ...
... fortune of the Stage , with the ftory of Lady Jane Grey . It is not unlikely that his experience of the inefficacy and incredibi- lity of a mythological tale might determine him to choose an action from English Hiftory , at no great ...
Pàgina 25
... Fortune ; and wondered why he was fuffered to be poor , when Addison was careffed and preferred ; nor would a very little have contented him ; for he estimated his wants at fix hundred pounds a year . In his courfe of reading , it was ...
... Fortune ; and wondered why he was fuffered to be poor , when Addison was careffed and preferred ; nor would a very little have contented him ; for he estimated his wants at fix hundred pounds a year . In his courfe of reading , it was ...
Pàgina 31
... than fatisfies moft other students . He took his degree in the moft expenfive manner , as a grand compounder ; whence it is inferred that he inherited a confiderable fortune . In 1688 , the fame year in which he was In ( 31 ) KING.
... than fatisfies moft other students . He took his degree in the moft expenfive manner , as a grand compounder ; whence it is inferred that he inherited a confiderable fortune . In 1688 , the fame year in which he was In ( 31 ) KING.
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