Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 787 pagina's |
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Pagina 107
... received , and probably yet more with those which he was promised : he considered himself now as a favourite of the Queen , and did not doubt but a few annual poems would establish him in some profitable employment . He therefore ...
... received , and probably yet more with those which he was promised : he considered himself now as a favourite of the Queen , and did not doubt but a few annual poems would establish him in some profitable employment . He therefore ...
Pagina 120
... receiving his proposals he sent him ten guineas . But the money which his subscriptions afforded him was not less volatile ... received in small sums , he never was able to send his poems to the press , but for many years continued his ...
... receiving his proposals he sent him ten guineas . But the money which his subscriptions afforded him was not less volatile ... received in small sums , he never was able to send his poems to the press , but for many years continued his ...
Pagina 371
... received the first part of his education at the grammar - school of Newcastle , and was afterwards instructed by Mr. Wilson , who kept a private academy . At the age of eighteen he was sent to Edinburgh , that he might qualify himself ...
... received the first part of his education at the grammar - school of Newcastle , and was afterwards instructed by Mr. Wilson , who kept a private academy . At the age of eighteen he was sent to Edinburgh , that he might qualify himself ...
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