Anecdotes, Observations and Characters, of Books and Men, Collected from the Conversation of Pope and Other Eminent Persons. With Notes and a Life of the Author by Samuel Weller Singer. 2. EdSmith, 1858 - Počet stran: 396 |
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... took the degree of A.M. November 2 , 1727. And in the succeeding year was chosen Professor of Poetry , the first day he became capable of it , by being made Regent Master . His fellow collegian , Christopher Pitt , writing to a friend ...
... took the degree of A.M. November 2 , 1727. And in the succeeding year was chosen Professor of Poetry , the first day he became capable of it , by being made Regent Master . His fellow collegian , Christopher Pitt , writing to a friend ...
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... took my Elegies with him into Scotland , and sent them back on his return , with a sheet or two of criticisms , and a handsome letter . How much am I interested in the preservation of his friendship ! —and yet such is my destiny ( for I ...
... took my Elegies with him into Scotland , and sent them back on his return , with a sheet or two of criticisms , and a handsome letter . How much am I interested in the preservation of his friendship ! —and yet such is my destiny ( for I ...
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... took a very odd pride in boasting of her fa- miliarities with Sir John Suckling . She is the Mistress and Goddess in his poems ; and several of those pieces were given by herself to the printer . This the Duke of Buckingham used to give ...
... took a very odd pride in boasting of her fa- miliarities with Sir John Suckling . She is the Mistress and Goddess in his poems ; and several of those pieces were given by herself to the printer . This the Duke of Buckingham used to give ...
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... took fright , run away ; and overturned the coach , with him only in it , into a ditch full of water . He was almost suffocated there ; and broke the glass with his hand to let in the air : but as the coach sunk deeper the water gained ...
... took fright , run away ; and overturned the coach , with him only in it , into a ditch full of water . He was almost suffocated there ; and broke the glass with his hand to let in the air : but as the coach sunk deeper the water gained ...
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... took no farther notice of the matter on the spot ; but sent a letter the next morning , to Sir Robert Walpole , ( with whom he had then some degree of friendship ) and begged him to write a letter to Cardinal Fleury to get the Abbey for ...
... took no farther notice of the matter on the spot ; but sent a letter the next morning , to Sir Robert Walpole , ( with whom he had then some degree of friendship ) and begged him to write a letter to Cardinal Fleury to get the Abbey for ...
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