The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... tion . Pope recommended Fenton , in whom Craggs found all that he was seeking . There was now a prospect of ease and plenty , for Fenton had merit , and Craggs had gene- rosity : but the smallpox suddenly put an end to the pleas- ing ...
... tion . Pope recommended Fenton , in whom Craggs found all that he was seeking . There was now a prospect of ease and plenty , for Fenton had merit , and Craggs had gene- rosity : but the smallpox suddenly put an end to the pleas- ing ...
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... tion to see it again rejected . In the last year of queen Anne's life , Gay was made secretary to the earl of Clarendon , ambassador to the court of Hanover . This was a station that naturally gave him hopes of kindness from every party ...
... tion to see it again rejected . In the last year of queen Anne's life , Gay was made secretary to the earl of Clarendon , ambassador to the court of Hanover . This was a station that naturally gave him hopes of kindness from every party ...
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... What d'ye call it ? would raise the fortune of its author ; and , finding nothing done , sunk into dejec- tion . His friends endeavoured to divert him . The earl of Burlington sent him ( 1716 ) into Devonshire ; the GAY . 39.
... What d'ye call it ? would raise the fortune of its author ; and , finding nothing done , sunk into dejec- tion . His friends endeavoured to divert him . The earl of Burlington sent him ( 1716 ) into Devonshire ; the GAY . 39.
Pàgina 41
... tion which Spence has given in Pope's words : — - " Dr. Swift had been observing once to mr . Gay , what an odd pretty sort of a thing a Newgate pastoral might make . Gay was inclined to try at such a thing for some time ; but ...
... tion which Spence has given in Pope's words : — - " Dr. Swift had been observing once to mr . Gay , what an odd pretty sort of a thing a Newgate pastoral might make . Gay was inclined to try at such a thing for some time ; but ...
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... tion of his works , I never saw ; Once a Lover , and always a Lover , is said to be in a great degree indecent and gross . Granville could not admire without bigotry ; he copied the wrong as well as the right from his masters , and may ...
... tion of his works , I never saw ; Once a Lover , and always a Lover , is said to be in a great degree indecent and gross . Granville could not admire without bigotry ; he copied the wrong as well as the right from his masters , and may ...
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