Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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... Court , July 22 , 1777 . " The booksellers of London have undertaken a kind of body of English Poetry , excluding generally the dramas ; and I have undertaken to put before each author's works a sketch of his life , and a character of ...
... Court , July 22 , 1777 . " The booksellers of London have undertaken a kind of body of English Poetry , excluding generally the dramas ; and I have undertaken to put before each author's works a sketch of his life , and a character of ...
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... Court all the summer , " he writes to Boswell , August 21 , 1780 , " thinking to write the ' Lives , ' and a great part of the time only thinking . Several of them , however , are done , and I still think to do the rest . " This still ...
... Court all the summer , " he writes to Boswell , August 21 , 1780 , " thinking to write the ' Lives , ' and a great part of the time only thinking . Several of them , however , are done , and I still think to do the rest . " This still ...
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... Court , Fleet Street , July 27 , 1780 . " The course of my undertaking will now require a short life of your brother , Lord Lyttelton . My desire is to avoid offence , and to be totally out of danger . I take the liberty of proposing to ...
... Court , Fleet Street , July 27 , 1780 . " The course of my undertaking will now require a short life of your brother , Lord Lyttelton . My desire is to avoid offence , and to be totally out of danger . I take the liberty of proposing to ...
Pàgina xxix
... court surgeon , prayed over by the court chaplains , and stroked and pre- sented with a piece of gold by Queen Anne . One of his earliest recollections was that of a stately lady in a diamond stomacher and a long black hood . Her hand ...
... court surgeon , prayed over by the court chaplains , and stroked and pre- sented with a piece of gold by Queen Anne . One of his earliest recollections was that of a stately lady in a diamond stomacher and a long black hood . Her hand ...
Pàgina xxxii
... court of the diocese , a man of distinguished parts , learning , and knowledge of the world , did himself honour by patronizing the young adventurer , whose repulsive person , unpolished manners , and squalid garb , moved many of the ...
... court of the diocese , a man of distinguished parts , learning , and knowledge of the world , did himself honour by patronizing the young adventurer , whose repulsive person , unpolished manners , and squalid garb , moved many of the ...
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