The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, Volume 41781 |
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Page 521
... Almoft every line . Ib . 1. 17. r . almost every line . P. 177 . 1. 12. r . it never obtained . P. 184. l . 3. r . without much attention . P. 195. l . 21. r . will be found , in the progrefs of learning . P. 200. l . 10. r . was to him ...
... Almoft every line . Ib . 1. 17. r . almost every line . P. 177 . 1. 12. r . it never obtained . P. 184. l . 3. r . without much attention . P. 195. l . 21. r . will be found , in the progrefs of learning . P. 200. l . 10. r . was to him ...
Page 527
... almoft fifty , Young entered into Orders . P. 391. 1. 13. add , Poetry had lately been taught by Ad- difon to afpire to the arms of nobility , though not with extraordinary happiness . P. 392. 1. ult . add , Thomfon , in his Autumn ...
... almoft fifty , Young entered into Orders . P. 391. 1. 13. add , Poetry had lately been taught by Ad- difon to afpire to the arms of nobility , though not with extraordinary happiness . P. 392. 1. ult . add , Thomfon , in his Autumn ...
Page 529
... inducement to write this letter was , as he confeffes , that he might erect a monumental marble to the memory of an old friend . He , who VOL . IV . employed employed his pious pen for almoft the last time in ADDITIONS IN VOL . IV . 529.
... inducement to write this letter was , as he confeffes , that he might erect a monumental marble to the memory of an old friend . He , who VOL . IV . employed employed his pious pen for almoft the last time in ADDITIONS IN VOL . IV . 529.
Page 530
Samuel Johnson. employed his pious pen for almoft the last time in thus doing justice to the exemplary death - bed of Addison , might probably , at the close of his own life , afford no unuseful leffon for the deaths of others . In the ...
Samuel Johnson. employed his pious pen for almoft the last time in thus doing justice to the exemplary death - bed of Addison , might probably , at the close of his own life , afford no unuseful leffon for the deaths of others . In the ...
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