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 125
... promise that they fhould never again find him graced with a retinue of the fame kind . Under fuch a tutor , Mr. Savage was not likely to learn prudence or frugality ; and perhaps many of the misfortunes which the want of those virtues ...
... promise that they fhould never again find him graced with a retinue of the fame kind . Under fuch a tutor , Mr. Savage was not likely to learn prudence or frugality ; and perhaps many of the misfortunes which the want of those virtues ...
Pàgina 126
... 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 time he was officiously in formed , that Mr. Savage had ridiculed him ; by which he ...
... 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 time he was officiously in formed , that Mr. Savage had ridiculed him ; by which he ...
Pàgina 128
... promise . Being thus obliged to depend upon the friend- fhip of Mr. Wilks , he was copfequently an affidu- ous frequenter of the theatres ; and in a fhort time the amusements of the stage took such poffeffion of his mind , that he never ...
... promise . Being thus obliged to depend upon the friend- fhip of Mr. Wilks , he was copfequently an affidu- ous frequenter of the theatres ; and in a fhort time the amusements of the stage took such poffeffion of his mind , that he never ...
Pàgina 178
... Her promife , like other promises made to this unfortunate man , was never performed , though he took fufficient care that it should not be forgotten . The The publication of his " Volunteer Laureat " pro- cured 178 SAVAGE .
... Her promife , like other promises made to this unfortunate man , was never performed , though he took fufficient care that it should not be forgotten . The The publication of his " Volunteer Laureat " pro- cured 178 SAVAGE .
Pàgina 238
... promise to procure him English preferment , in exchange for the prebend , which he defired him to refign . With this requeft Swift complied , hav- ing perhaps equally repented their feparation , and they lived on together with mutual ...
... promise to procure him English preferment , in exchange for the prebend , which he defired him to refign . With this requeft Swift complied , hav- ing perhaps equally repented their feparation , and they lived on together with mutual ...
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