The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3D. Buchanan, sold by him, & by W. Creech, P. Hill, W. Mudie, & A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1800 |
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Pàgina 9
... appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis , who fent him with a letter to the Queen , written in favour of the elector of Bavaria . " I fhall ex- " 6 pect , " fays he , " with impatience , the return " of Mr ...
... appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis , who fent him with a letter to the Queen , written in favour of the elector of Bavaria . " I fhall ex- " 6 pect , " fays he , " with impatience , the return " of Mr ...
Pàgina 10
... appeared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remittances were not punctually made . On the first of Auguft , 1714 , enfued the down- fal of the Tories , and the degradation of Prior . He was recalled ; but was not able to ...
... appeared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remittances were not punctually made . On the first of Auguft , 1714 , enfued the down- fal of the Tories , and the degradation of Prior . He was recalled ; but was not able to ...
Pàgina 18
... appearance of care . Of thefe Tales there are only four . Ladle which is introduced by a Preface , neither neceffary nor pleafing , neither grave nor merry . ; The Paulo Paulo Purganti ; which has likewife a Preface , but 18 PRIOR .
... appearance of care . Of thefe Tales there are only four . Ladle which is introduced by a Preface , neither neceffary nor pleafing , neither grave nor merry . ; The Paulo Paulo Purganti ; which has likewife a Preface , but 18 PRIOR .
Pàgina 28
... appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet nobody can live long without knowing that falfehoods of conveni- ence or vanity , falfehoods from which no evil im- mediately visible enfues , except the general degra- dation of human ...
... appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet nobody can live long without knowing that falfehoods of conveni- ence or vanity , falfehoods from which no evil im- mediately visible enfues , except the general degra- dation of human ...
Pàgina 29
... appeared very early , as he very early felt that force of imagi- nation , and poffeffed that copioufnefs of ... appearing to have done every thing by chance . The Old Batchelor was written for amufement , in the languor of convalefence ...
... appeared very early , as he very early felt that force of imagi- nation , and poffeffed that copioufnefs of ... appearing to have done every thing by chance . The Old Batchelor was written for amufement , in the languor of convalefence ...
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