Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 |
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Pagina 236
... public occasions . He probably considered that he who proposed to be an author , ought first to be a student . He obtained , whatever was the reason , no fellowship in the College . Why he was excluded cannot now be known , and it is ...
... public occasions . He probably considered that he who proposed to be an author , ought first to be a student . He obtained , whatever was the reason , no fellowship in the College . Why he was excluded cannot now be known , and it is ...
Pagina 270
... public infliction ; and once particularly demands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little fortune . His patron might , indeed , enjoin him to suppress his bounty ; but if he suffered nothing , he should not ...
... public infliction ; and once particularly demands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little fortune . His patron might , indeed , enjoin him to suppress his bounty ; but if he suffered nothing , he should not ...
Pagina 459
... public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 . He was thrice married ; by his two first wives he had no children ; by his third , who was the daughter of king James by ...
... public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 . He was thrice married ; by his two first wives he had no children ; by his third , who was the daughter of king James by ...
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