The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... Addison immediately returned , When , Rag , were you drunk last ? and went away . ' Captain Rag was a name which he got at Oxford by his negligence of dress . This story I heard from the late Mr. Clark of 14 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... Addison immediately returned , When , Rag , were you drunk last ? and went away . ' Captain Rag was a name which he got at Oxford by his negligence of dress . This story I heard from the late Mr. Clark of 14 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... . On February 10 , 1710-11 , having returned from an entertainment , he was found dead the next morning . His death is mentioned in Swift's Journal . KING WILLIAM KING was born in London in 1663 ; 22 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... . On February 10 , 1710-11 , having returned from an entertainment , he was found dead the next morning . His death is mentioned in Swift's Journal . KING WILLIAM KING was born in London in 1663 ; 22 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... returned to London , with his poverty , his idleness , and his wit , and published some essays called Useful Transactions . His Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended . He then wrote the Art of Love , a poem ...
... returned to London , with his poverty , his idleness , and his wit , and published some essays called Useful Transactions . His Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended . He then wrote the Art of Love , a poem ...
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... ; and the book , though a while neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public , that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price . 1 Spence . When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , ADDISON 59.
... ; and the book , though a while neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public , that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price . 1 Spence . When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , ADDISON 59.
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Samuel Johnson. When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , with a meanness of appearance which gave testimony of the difficulties to which he had been reduced , he found his old patrons out of power , and was therefore for a time at full ...
Samuel Johnson. When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , with a meanness of appearance which gave testimony of the difficulties to which he had been reduced , he found his old patrons out of power , and was therefore for a time at full ...
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