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 100
... conversation , of a very numerous and fplendid set · of acquaintance . He died July 16 , 1736 , in the 66th year of his age . Of his poems , many are of that irregular kind , which , when he formed his poetical character , was supposed ...
... conversation , of a very numerous and fplendid set · of acquaintance . He died July 16 , 1736 , in the 66th year of his age . Of his poems , many are of that irregular kind , which , when he formed his poetical character , was supposed ...
Pàgina 128
... conversation , and touched with his misfortunes , that the allowed him a fettled penfion of fifty pounds a - year , which was during her life regularly paid . That this act of generofity may receive its due praise , and that the good ...
... conversation , and touched with his misfortunes , that the allowed him a fettled penfion of fifty pounds a - year , which was during her life regularly paid . That this act of generofity may receive its due praise , and that the good ...
Pàgina 163
... conversation he had been before ad- mitted ; he did not fail to gratify that curiofity , which induced him to take a nearer view of those whom their birth , their employments , or their fortunes , neceffarily place at a distance from ...
... conversation he had been before ad- mitted ; he did not fail to gratify that curiofity , which induced him to take a nearer view of those whom their birth , their employments , or their fortunes , neceffarily place at a distance from ...
Pàgina 226
... conversation of the criminals ; for it was not pleafing to him to be much without company ; and though he was very capable of a judicious choice , he was often contented with the firft that offered ; for this he was fometimes reproved ...
... conversation of the criminals ; for it was not pleafing to him to be much without company ; and though he was very capable of a judicious choice , he was often contented with the firft that offered ; for this he was fometimes reproved ...
Pàgina 280
... conversation . His addiction to metre was then fuch , that his companions fa- miliarly called him Poet . When he had oppor- tunities of mingling with mankind , he cleared himfelf , as Ford likewife owned , from great part of his ...
... conversation . His addiction to metre was then fuch , that his companions fa- miliarly called him Poet . When he had oppor- tunities of mingling with mankind , he cleared himfelf , as Ford likewife owned , from great part of his ...
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