The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... publish the play without it . Now therefore it was written ; and Halifax expected the author with his book , and had prepared to reward him with a place of three hundred pounds a year . Smith , by pride , or caprice , or indolence , or ...
... publish the play without it . Now therefore it was written ; and Halifax expected the author with his book , and had prepared to reward him with a place of three hundred pounds a year . Smith , by pride , or caprice , or indolence , or ...
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... published triumphantly by Oldmixon , and may be supposed to have been eagerly received : but its pro- gress was soon checked ; for finding its way into the Journal of Trevoux , it fell under the eye of Atterbury , then an exile in ...
... published triumphantly by Oldmixon , and may be supposed to have been eagerly received : but its pro- gress was soon checked ; for finding its way into the Journal of Trevoux , it fell under the eye of Atterbury , then an exile in ...
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... published those sermons which Felton has commended . Perhaps , like some other foolish young men , he rather talked than lived viciously , in an age when he that would be thought a wit was afraid to say his prayers ; and whatever might ...
... published those sermons which Felton has commended . Perhaps , like some other foolish young men , he rather talked than lived viciously , in an age when he that would be thought a wit was afraid to say his prayers ; and whatever might ...
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... published a confutation of Varillas's account of Wicliffe : and , engaging in the study of the Civil Law , became Doctor in 1692 , and was admitted advocate at Doctors Commons . He had already made some translations from the French ...
... published a confutation of Varillas's account of Wicliffe : and , engaging in the study of the Civil Law , became Doctor in 1692 , and was admitted advocate at Doctors Commons . He had already made some translations from the French ...
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... published by him A Journey to London , after the method of Dr. Martin Lister , who had published A Journey to Paris . And in 1700 he satirised the Royal Society , at least Sir Hans Sloane their president , in two dialogues , intituled ...
... published by him A Journey to London , after the method of Dr. Martin Lister , who had published A Journey to Paris . And in 1700 he satirised the Royal Society , at least Sir Hans Sloane their president , in two dialogues , intituled ...
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