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Pagina 156
... 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 175
... received visits , and some- times presents , from his acquaintances : but they did not amount to a subsistence , for the greater part of which he was indebted to the generosity of this keeper ; but these favours , however they might ...
... received visits , and some- times presents , from his acquaintances : but they did not amount to a subsistence , for the greater part of which he was indebted to the generosity of this keeper ; but these favours , however they might ...
Pagina 446
... 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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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young