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 3
... conduct of Prior , in this fplendid initiation into publick bufinefs , was fo pleafing to king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is fuppofed to have paffed fome of the next years in the quiet ...
... conduct of Prior , in this fplendid initiation into publick bufinefs , was fo pleafing to king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is fuppofed to have paffed fome of the next years in the quiet ...
Pàgina 7
... Conduct of the Allies , the avarice of generals , the tyranny of mi- nions , and the general danger of approaching ruin . For this purpose a paper called the Examiner was periodically published , written , as it happened , by any wit of ...
... Conduct of the Allies , the avarice of generals , the tyranny of mi- nions , and the general danger of approaching ruin . For this purpose a paper called the Examiner was periodically published , written , as it happened , by any wit of ...
Pàgina 9
... , the return " of Mr. Prior , whofe conduct is very agreeable to " me . " And while the duke of Shrewsbury was ftill at Paris , Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monfreur B.5 " Monfieur de Torcy has a confidence in you ; PRIOR . 9.
... , the return " of Mr. Prior , whofe conduct is very agreeable to " me . " And while the duke of Shrewsbury was ftill at Paris , Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monfreur B.5 " Monfieur de Torcy has a confidence in you ; PRIOR . 9.
Pàgina 126
... conducted his affairs in fuch a manner , that he was very feldom able to keep his promises , or execute his own in- tentions : and , as he was never able to raise the fum which he had offered , the marriage was de- Jayed . In the mean ...
... conducted his affairs in fuch a manner , that he was very feldom able to keep his promises , or execute his own in- tentions : and , as he was never able to raise the fum which he had offered , the marriage was de- Jayed . In the mean ...
Pàgina 130
... conduct , and boafted of that relief which they never gave him . In this cenfure I do not indifcriminately involve all his relations ; for he has mentioned with gra- titude the humanity of one lady , whose name I am now unable to ...
... conduct , and boafted of that relief which they never gave him . In this cenfure I do not indifcriminately involve all his relations ; for he has mentioned with gra- titude the humanity of one lady , whose name I am now unable to ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1782 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1783 |
The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1865 |
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