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 13
... pounds , is engraven this epi- taph : Sui Temporis Hiftoriam meditanti , Paulatim obrepens Febris * Swift obtained many fubfcriptions for him in Ireland , H. Operi fimul & Vitæ filum abrupit , Sept. 18. An Operi PRIOR . 13.
... pounds , is engraven this epi- taph : Sui Temporis Hiftoriam meditanti , Paulatim obrepens Febris * Swift obtained many fubfcriptions for him in Ireland , H. Operi fimul & Vitæ filum abrupit , Sept. 18. An Operi PRIOR . 13.
Pàgina 30
... pounds a - year . Congreve's converfation must furely have been at least equally pleafing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at fuch an age , requires fome confideration . As the lighter fpecies of dra- matic poetry profeffes ...
... pounds a - year . Congreve's converfation must furely have been at least equally pleafing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at fuch an age , requires fome confideration . As the lighter fpecies of dra- matic poetry profeffes ...
Pàgina 36
... pounds a - year . His honours were yet far greater than his profits . Every writer mentioned him with refpect ; and , among other teftimonies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his Mifcellany , and Pope in- fcribed to him his ...
... pounds a - year . His honours were yet far greater than his profits . Every writer mentioned him with refpect ; and , among other teftimonies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his Mifcellany , and Pope in- fcribed to him his ...
Pàgina 37
... pounds ; the accumulation of attentive parfimony , which , though to her fuperfluous and ufelefs , might have given great affiftance to the ancient family from which he defcended , at that time by the imprudence of his relation reduced ...
... pounds ; the accumulation of attentive parfimony , which , though to her fuperfluous and ufelefs , might have given great affiftance to the ancient family from which he defcended , at that time by the imprudence of his relation reduced ...
Pàgina 68
... pounds , with which he difcharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court . Fenton feems to have had fome peculiar fyftem of verification . Mariamne is written in lines of ten fyllables , with few of thofe redundant termina- tions ...
... pounds , with which he difcharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court . Fenton feems to have had fome peculiar fyftem of verification . Mariamne is written in lines of ten fyllables , with few of thofe redundant termina- tions ...
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