Lives of the English Poets: In Two VolumesJ. M. Dent, 1964 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 138
... favour of the public ; but , whatever was the reason , he did not find the world equally inclined to favour him ; and he observed , with some discontent , that , though he offered his works at half - a - guinea , he was able to procure ...
... favour of the public ; but , whatever was the reason , he did not find the world equally inclined to favour him ; and he observed , with some discontent , that , though he offered his works at half - a - guinea , he was able to procure ...
Pagina 357
... favour is diffus'd to that degree , Excess of goodness , it has dawn'd on me . Her Majesty had stood godmother , and given her name to the daughter of the lady whom Young married in 1731 ; and had perhaps shewn some attention to Lady ...
... favour is diffus'd to that degree , Excess of goodness , it has dawn'd on me . Her Majesty had stood godmother , and given her name to the daughter of the lady whom Young married in 1731 ; and had perhaps shewn some attention to Lady ...
Pagina 372
... favour , yet untaken , I besiege . * If this song lives , Posterity shall know One , though in Britain born , with courtiers bred , Who thought ev'n gold might come a day too late ; Nor on his subtle death - bed plann'd his scheme For ...
... favour , yet untaken , I besiege . * If this song lives , Posterity shall know One , though in Britain born , with courtiers bred , Who thought ev'n gold might come a day too late ; Nor on his subtle death - bed plann'd his scheme For ...
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