Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... Wharton . But Whar- ton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by virtuous peers , who fhall point them out ? Yet Yet Pope is faid by Ruffhead to have told ...
... Wharton . But Whar- ton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by virtuous peers , who fhall point them out ? Yet Yet Pope is faid by Ruffhead to have told ...
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... Wharton , the first wife B 4 of of Thomas Wharton , Efq ; afterwards Marquis of Wharton YOUN G. 23.
... Wharton , the first wife B 4 of of Thomas Wharton , Efq ; afterwards Marquis of Wharton YOUN G. 23.
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... Wharton , " upon its being tranflated into English , at the inftance of Waller , by Atwood . Wharton , after he became ennobled , did not drop the fon of his old friend . In him , during the short time he lived , Young found a patron ...
... Wharton , " upon its being tranflated into English , at the inftance of Waller , by Atwood . Wharton , after he became ennobled , did not drop the fon of his old friend . In him , during the short time he lived , Young found a patron ...
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... Wharton , among Swift's Letters , clearly fhews that this vifit to Ireland was paid when he had an oppor- tunity of going thither with his avowed friend and patron . From The Englishman it appears that a tragedy by Young was in the ...
... Wharton , among Swift's Letters , clearly fhews that this vifit to Ireland was paid when he had an oppor- tunity of going thither with his avowed friend and patron . From The Englishman it appears that a tragedy by Young was in the ...
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... Wharton . " Your Grace , " fays , the Dedication , " has been pleased to make yourself accef- 66 fary to the following fcenes , not only " by suggesting the most beautiful inci- " dent in them , but by making all pof- " fible provifion ...
... Wharton . " Your Grace , " fays , the Dedication , " has been pleased to make yourself accef- 66 fary to the following fcenes , not only " by suggesting the most beautiful inci- " dent in them , but by making all pof- " fible provifion ...
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