Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... Dear Sir , In confequence of our different con- verfations about authentick materials for the Life of Young , and in confequence of your fears left , for want of proper A infor- information , you might fay any thing of the father YOUNG. ...
... Dear Sir , In confequence of our different con- verfations about authentick materials for the Life of Young , and in confequence of your fears left , for want of proper A infor- information , you might fay any thing of the father YOUNG. ...
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Samuel Johnson. information , you might fay any thing of the father which fhould hurt the fon , I fend you the following detail . It is not , I confefs , immediately in the line of my profeffion ; but hard indeed is our fate at the bar ...
Samuel Johnson. information , you might fay any thing of the father which fhould hurt the fon , I fend you the following detail . It is not , I confefs , immediately in the line of my profeffion ; but hard indeed is our fate at the bar ...
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... father was collated to the prebend of Gillingham Minor , in the church of Sarum , by bishop . Ward . On the childishness of Ward , his duties were neceffarily performed by others . We learn from Wood , that , at a visitation of Sprat ...
... father was collated to the prebend of Gillingham Minor , in the church of Sarum , by bishop . Ward . On the childishness of Ward , his duties were neceffarily performed by others . We learn from Wood , that , at a visitation of Sprat ...
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... a particular friend of his father , till he fhould be qualified to ftand for a fellowship at All - fouls . In a few months the warden of New College died . He then 5 . then removed to Corpus . The Prefident of this College 6 YOUN G.
... a particular friend of his father , till he fhould be qualified to ftand for a fellowship at All - fouls . In a few months the warden of New College died . He then 5 . then removed to Corpus . The Prefident of this College 6 YOUN G.
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... 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 23d of April 1714 , Young took his degree of Batchelor of Civil Laws ...
... 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 23d of April 1714 , Young took his degree of Batchelor of Civil Laws ...
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