Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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... received by writers for works that reflect credit on our literature . Johnson's original agreement for the Lives was two hundred guineas ; and for this sum he was to part with the entire copy- right . The success of the work , and ...
... received by writers for works that reflect credit on our literature . Johnson's original agreement for the Lives was two hundred guineas ; and for this sum he was to part with the entire copy- right . The success of the work , and ...
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... received was four hundred guineas . " I always said , " he observed to Nichols , " that the booksellers were a generous set of men . Nor , in the present instance , have I reason to complain . The fact is , not that they have paid me ...
... received was four hundred guineas . " I always said , " he observed to Nichols , " that the booksellers were a generous set of men . Nor , in the present instance , have I reason to complain . The fact is , not that they have paid me ...
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... received account , and is derived principally from Aubrey . Abraham Cowley was the posthumous son of Thomas Cowley , citizen and stationer , and of the parish of St. Michael at Querne , a church in Cheapside , destroyed in the Great ...
... received account , and is derived principally from Aubrey . Abraham Cowley was the posthumous son of Thomas Cowley , citizen and stationer , and of the parish of St. Michael at Querne , a church in Cheapside , destroyed in the Great ...
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... received the news of his ill success not with so much firmness as might have been expected from so great a man . ' " 22 20 The Latin poetry of Delicia Poetarum Scotorum would have done honour to any nation : at least till the ...
... received the news of his ill success not with so much firmness as might have been expected from so great a man . ' " 22 20 The Latin poetry of Delicia Poetarum Scotorum would have done honour to any nation : at least till the ...
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... received many offices of kindness through the whole course of his life , and principally this , that by his means he came into the service of my Lord St. Alban's . " - SPRAT'S Life of Cowley . Mr. Hervey's mother was Susan Jermyn ...
... received many offices of kindness through the whole course of his life , and principally this , that by his means he came into the service of my Lord St. Alban's . " - SPRAT'S Life of Cowley . Mr. Hervey's mother was Susan Jermyn ...
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