The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, المجلد 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... supposed , with great celerity and success , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession , by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the ...
... supposed , with great celerity and success , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession , by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the ...
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... supposed , with great celerity and success , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession , by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the ...
... supposed , with great celerity and success , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession , by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the ...
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... supposed that his manners were polite , and his conversa- tion pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the Spectator , and only one paper to the Tatler , though published by men with ...
... supposed that his manners were polite , and his conversa- tion pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the Spectator , and only one paper to the Tatler , though published by men with ...
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... supposed to have applied himself to books ; for he discovers more literature than the poets have commonly attained . But his studies were in his latter days obstructed by cataracts in his eyes , which at last terminated in blindness ...
... supposed to have applied himself to books ; for he discovers more literature than the poets have commonly attained . But his studies were in his latter days obstructed by cataracts in his eyes , which at last terminated in blindness ...
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... supposed to have been an attorney . Having been for some time edu- cated in a country school , he was sent at thirteen to West- minster , and in 1668 was entered at Edmund - hall in Ox- ford , where he took the degree of M. A. June 3 ...
... supposed to have been an attorney . Having been for some time edu- cated in a country school , he was sent at thirteen to West- minster , and in 1668 was entered at Edmund - hall in Ox- ford , where he took the degree of M. A. June 3 ...
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