Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... Such repeated patronage , while it juftifies Burnet's praife of the father , re- flects credit on the conduct of the fon . The manner in which it was exerted seems to prove that the father did not leave behind him much wealth . On the ...
... Such repeated patronage , while it juftifies Burnet's praife of the father , re- flects credit on the conduct of the fon . The manner in which it was exerted seems to prove that the father did not leave behind him much wealth . On the ...
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... YOUNG , LL . D. Hujus ecclefiæ rect . Et Elizabethæ fæm . prænob . Conjugis ejus amantiffimæ Pio & gratiffimo animo Hoc marmor pofuit F. Y. Filius fuperftes . G 3 Such , Such , my good friend , is the account . YOUNG . 101.
... YOUNG , LL . D. Hujus ecclefiæ rect . Et Elizabethæ fæm . prænob . Conjugis ejus amantiffimæ Pio & gratiffimo animo Hoc marmor pofuit F. Y. Filius fuperftes . G 3 Such , Such , my good friend , is the account . YOUNG . 101.
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Samuel Johnson. Such , my good friend , is the account . I have been able to collect of Young . That it may be long before any thing . like what I have just tranfcribed be ne- ceffary for you , is the fincere with of , Dear Sir , Your ...
Samuel Johnson. Such , my good friend , is the account . I have been able to collect of Young . That it may be long before any thing . like what I have just tranfcribed be ne- ceffary for you , is the fincere with of , Dear Sir , Your ...
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... Such notice from fuch a man , inclines me to believe that the vice of which he has been accufed was not grofs , or not noto- rious . But his profperity did not laft long . His end , whatever was its caufe , was now approaching . He ...
... Such notice from fuch a man , inclines me to believe that the vice of which he has been accufed was not grofs , or not noto- rious . But his profperity did not laft long . His end , whatever was its caufe , was now approaching . He ...
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... such multitudes are contending to do well . This praife was the praise of Shen- ftone ; but , like all other modes of feli-- city , it was not enjoyed without its abatements . Lyttelton was his neigh- bour and his rival , whofe empire ...
... such multitudes are contending to do well . This praife was the praise of Shen- ftone ; but , like all other modes of feli-- city , it was not enjoyed without its abatements . Lyttelton was his neigh- bour and his rival , whofe empire ...
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