Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... a Latin fermon , afterwards published , with which the Bishop was so pleased , that he told the Chapter he was concerned to find the preacher had one of the worst A 2 worst prebends in their church . In con- fequence of YOUNG . 3.
... a Latin fermon , afterwards published , with which the Bishop was so pleased , that he told the Chapter he was concerned to find the preacher had one of the worst A 2 worst prebends in their church . In con- fequence of YOUNG . 3.
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... published before by any author whatever ; -that this practice abfolved them from any obligation of reading what was prefented to them ; and that the bookseller ap- proved of it , because it would make people ftare , was abfurd enough ...
... published before by any author whatever ; -that this practice abfolved them from any obligation of reading what was prefented to them ; and that the bookseller ap- proved of it , because it would make people ftare , was abfurd enough ...
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... published in 1712 An Epistle to the Right Honourable George Lord Lanfdowne . In this compofition the poet pours out his panegyrick with the extravagance of a young man , who thinks his present ftock ftock of wealth will never be ex ...
... published in 1712 An Epistle to the Right Honourable George Lord Lanfdowne . In this compofition the poet pours out his panegyrick with the extravagance of a young man , who thinks his present ftock ftock of wealth will never be ex ...
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... published I have revised and corrected , " and rendered them as pardonable as it " was in my power to do . " - Shall the gates of repentance be shut only against literary finners ? When Addison publifhed Cato in 1713 , Young had the ...
... published I have revised and corrected , " and rendered them as pardonable as it " was in my power to do . " - Shall the gates of repentance be shut only against literary finners ? When Addison publifhed Cato in 1713 , Young had the ...
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... had yet taken place between Pope and Young ; for , foon after the event which Pope mentions , Young published a poem on the late Queen's death , and his Ma- 5 jefty's * jefty's acceffion to the throne . It is in- 22 YOUNG .
... had yet taken place between Pope and Young ; for , foon after the event which Pope mentions , Young published a poem on the late Queen's death , and his Ma- 5 jefty's * jefty's acceffion to the throne . It is in- 22 YOUNG .
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