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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... friends began to hope that they might , by driving the Whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might con- vey intelligence of past abuses , and fhew the waste ...
... friends began to hope that they might , by driving the Whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might con- vey intelligence of past abuses , and fhew the waste ...
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... friend Montague was now at the head of the treasury . He returned then as foon as he could , and was welcomed on the 25th of March by a warrant , but was , however , fuffered to live in his own house , under the cuftody of the meffenger ...
... friend Montague was now at the head of the treasury . He returned then as foon as he could , and was welcomed on the 25th of March by a warrant , but was , however , fuffered to live in his own house , under the cuftody of the meffenger ...
Pàgina 11
... friends to determine . " When he had figned the paper , he was told by Walpole , that the committee were not fatisfied with his behaviour , nor could give fuch an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now ...
... friends to determine . " When he had figned the paper , he was told by Walpole , that the committee were not fatisfied with his behaviour , nor could give fuch an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now ...
Pàgina 12
... to add other poems to thofe which he had printed , and to publifh them by fub- fcription . The expedient fucceeded by the induf- try of many friends , who circulated the propo- 21 15 fals , fals , and the care of fome , who , 12 PRIOR .
... to add other poems to thofe which he had printed , and to publifh them by fub- fcription . The expedient fucceeded by the induf- try of many friends , who circulated the propo- 21 15 fals , fals , and the care of fome , who , 12 PRIOR .
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... friends , he will probably find men who have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than defire to instruct . The tedioufnefs of this poem proceeds not from the uniformity of the fubject , for it is fufficiently ...
... friends , he will probably find men who have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than defire to instruct . The tedioufnefs of this poem proceeds not from the uniformity of the fubject , for it is fufficiently ...
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