Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 787 pagina's |
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Pagina 38
... favour , and undertook ( 1726 ) to write a volume of Fables for the improvement of the young Duke of Cumberland . For this he is said to have been promised a reward , which he had doubtless magnified with all the wild expectations of ...
... favour , and undertook ( 1726 ) to write a volume of Fables for the improvement of the young Duke of Cumberland . For this he is said to have been promised a reward , which he had doubtless magnified with all the wild expectations of ...
Pagina 108
... favour : or perhaps the Queen really intended his advancement , and therefore thought it superfluous to lavish presents upon a man whom she intended to establish for life . About this time [ 1735 ] not only his hopes were in danger of ...
... favour : or perhaps the Queen really intended his advancement , and therefore thought it superfluous to lavish presents upon a man whom she intended to establish for life . About this time [ 1735 ] not only his hopes were in danger of ...
Pagina 352
... favours received ; and I know not whether the author who has once solemnly printed an acknow- ledgment of a favour , should not always print it . Is it to the credit or to the discredit of Young , as a poet , that of his Night Thoughts ...
... favours received ; and I know not whether the author who has once solemnly printed an acknow- ledgment of a favour , should not always print it . Is it to the credit or to the discredit of Young , as a poet , that of his Night Thoughts ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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