Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... not leave behind him much wealth . On the 23d of April 1714 , Young took his degree of Batchelor of Civil Laws , and his Doctor's degree on the 10th of June 1719 . A 4 Soon Soon after he was elected at All - fouls he YOUN 7 G.
... not leave behind him much wealth . On the 23d of April 1714 , Young took his degree of Batchelor of Civil Laws , and his Doctor's degree on the 10th of June 1719 . A 4 Soon Soon after he was elected at All - fouls he YOUN 7 G.
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... took all the pains in his power to conceal from the world , by excluding this Dedication from his works . He fhould have remembered , that he at the fame time concealed his obligation to Wharton for the most beau- tiful incident in what ...
... took all the pains in his power to conceal from the world , by excluding this Dedication from his works . He fhould have remembered , that he at the fame time concealed his obligation to Wharton for the most beau- tiful incident in what ...
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... took orders , became a very popular preacher , and was much fol- lowed for the grace and animation of his delivery . By his oratorical talents he was once in his life , according to the Biogra- phia , deferted . As he was preaching in ...
... took orders , became a very popular preacher , and was much fol- lowed for the grace and animation of his delivery . By his oratorical talents he was once in his life , according to the Biogra- phia , deferted . As he was preaching in ...
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... took the vengeance of an author .. His . Mufe makes poetical ufe more than : ence of a South - fea Dream .. It is related by Mr. Spence , in his Manufcript Anecdotes ,. on the autho- rity of Mr .. Rawlinfon , that Young , upon the ...
... took the vengeance of an author .. His . Mufe makes poetical ufe more than : ence of a South - fea Dream .. It is related by Mr. Spence , in his Manufcript Anecdotes ,. on the autho- rity of Mr .. Rawlinfon , that Young , upon the ...
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... took Orders , he published in prose , A true Estimate of Human Life , dedicated , notwithstanding the Latin quotations with which it abounds , to the Queen ; and a fermon preached before the House . of Commons , 1729 , on the martyrdom ...
... took Orders , he published in prose , A true Estimate of Human Life , dedicated , notwithstanding the Latin quotations with which it abounds , to the Queen ; and a fermon preached before the House . of Commons , 1729 , on the martyrdom ...
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