Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 |
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Pagina 112
... received ten guineas , there is nothing remarkable . The Preface contains a very liberal encomium on the blooming excellences of Mr. Theophilus Cibber , which Mr. Savage could not in the latter part of his life see his friends about to ...
... received ten guineas , there is nothing remarkable . The Preface contains a very liberal encomium on the blooming excellences of Mr. Theophilus Cibber , which Mr. Savage could not in the latter part of his life see his friends about to ...
Pagina 183
... received visits , and sometimes 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 sometimes 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 467
... 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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