The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 25
... fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or ATENEO ELONE acrimony ; and his firmness was naturally esteemed , as. CONGREVE . 25.
... fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or ATENEO ELONE acrimony ; and his firmness was naturally esteemed , as. CONGREVE . 25.
Pagina 54
... fortune has always been inconstant . Not long after- wards ( 1717 ) he endeavoured to entertain the town with " Three Hours after Marriage ; " a comedy written , as there is sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assistance of ...
... fortune has always been inconstant . Not long after- wards ( 1717 ) he endeavoured to entertain the town with " Three Hours after Marriage ; " a comedy written , as there is sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assistance of ...
Pagina 55
... fortune . He was then importuned to sell as much as would purchase a hundred a year for life , " which , " says Fenton , " will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton every day . " This counsel was rejected ; the profit ...
... fortune . He was then importuned to sell as much as would purchase a hundred a year for life , " which , " says Fenton , " will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton every day . " This counsel was rejected ; the profit ...
Pagina 63
... fortunes for him upon this and all other occasions ; but at the same time they humbly beseech him to give them such ma ... fortune . About this time he became enamoured of the Countess of Newburgh , whom he has celebrated with so much ...
... fortunes for him upon this and all other occasions ; but at the same time they humbly beseech him to give them such ma ... fortune . About this time he became enamoured of the Countess of Newburgh , whom he has celebrated with so much ...
Pagina 64
... fortune im- proved by bequests from his father , and his uncle the Earl of Bath , he was chosen into parliament for Fowey . He soon after engaged in a joint translation of the " Invectives against Philip , " with a design , surely weak ...
... fortune im- proved by bequests from his father , and his uncle the Earl of Bath , he was chosen into parliament for Fowey . He soon after engaged in a joint translation of the " Invectives against Philip , " with a design , surely weak ...
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