The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous livesJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... Letters , that the verfes on the Unfortunate Lady were written about the time when his Effay was published . The Lady's name Essay and adventures I have fought with fruitless enquiry . I can therefore tell no more than I have learned ...
... Letters , that the verfes on the Unfortunate Lady were written about the time when his Effay was published . The Lady's name Essay and adventures I have fought with fruitless enquiry . I can therefore tell no more than I have learned ...
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... letter , C - 1 , a poem of two cantos was written ( 1711 ) , as is said , in a fortnight , and fent to the offended Lady , who liked it well enough to fhew it ; and , with the ufual process of literary transactions , the author , dread ...
... letter , C - 1 , a poem of two cantos was written ( 1711 ) , as is said , in a fortnight , and fent to the offended Lady , who liked it well enough to fhew it ; and , with the ufual process of literary transactions , the author , dread ...
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... Letter to him , " indeed your opinion , that " ' tis entirely to be neglected , would be my own in 66 my own cafe ; but I felt more warmth here than I ❝ did when I first saw his book against myself ( though " indeed in two minutes it ...
... Letter to him , " indeed your opinion , that " ' tis entirely to be neglected , would be my own in 66 my own cafe ; but I felt more warmth here than I ❝ did when I first saw his book against myself ( though " indeed in two minutes it ...
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... Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not more than twenty - five , with an irregular education , and a courfe of life of which much feems to have paffed in converfation , it is not very likely ...
... Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not more than twenty - five , with an irregular education , and a courfe of life of which much feems to have paffed in converfation , it is not very likely ...
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... Letter , preferved in the Museum , that Broome was at first engaged in confulting Euftathius ; but that after a time , whatever was the reafon , he de- fifted ; another man of Cambridge was then employed , who foon grew weary of the ...
... Letter , preferved in the Museum , that Broome was at first engaged in confulting Euftathius ; but that after a time , whatever was the reafon , he de- fifted ; another man of Cambridge was then employed , who foon grew weary of the ...
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