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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... prefent quef- tion required ; and , when his friends expreffed their wonder at his acquifitions , made in a state of appa- rent negligence and drunkennefs , he never difcovered his hours of reading or method of study , but in- volved ...
... prefent quef- tion required ; and , when his friends expreffed their wonder at his acquifitions , made in a state of appa- rent negligence and drunkennefs , he never difcovered his hours of reading or method of study , but in- volved ...
Pàgina 38
... prefent Majefty , and the present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excufe . The fame year , being clerk of the closet to the king , he was made dean of the chapel - royal ...
... prefent Majefty , and the present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excufe . The fame year , being clerk of the closet to the king , he was made dean of the chapel - royal ...
Pàgina 56
... gradually away . About the time of the fubfcription begins the ac- tion of the Difpenfary . The Poem , as its fubject was prefent and popular , co - operated with paffions and and prejudices then prevalent , and , with fuch auxi- 56 GARTH .
... gradually away . About the time of the fubfcription begins the ac- tion of the Difpenfary . The Poem , as its fubject was prefent and popular , co - operated with paffions and and prejudices then prevalent , and , with fuch auxi- 56 GARTH .
Pàgina 57
... At the acceffion of the prefent family his merits ' were acknowledged and rewarded . He was knighted with the fword of his hero , Marlborough ; and was made made physician in ordinary to the king , and phyfi- GART H .. 57.
... At the acceffion of the prefent family his merits ' were acknowledged and rewarded . He was knighted with the fword of his hero , Marlborough ; and was made made physician in ordinary to the king , and phyfi- GART H .. 57.
Pàgina 79
... his obfervations are fuch as might be supplied by a hafty view , and confift chiefly in comparisons of the prefent face of the * Spence . country country with the defcriptions left us by the Roman poets ADDIS O N. 79.
... his obfervations are fuch as might be supplied by a hafty view , and confift chiefly in comparisons of the prefent face of the * Spence . country country with the defcriptions left us by the Roman poets ADDIS O N. 79.
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