Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... him to affift the late Rev. Dr. Milner , in inftructing the young gentlemen at the Academy at Peckham ; and acquitted himself greatly to to the Doctor's fatisfaction for a fhort time ; but iv THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... him to affift the late Rev. Dr. Milner , in inftructing the young gentlemen at the Academy at Peckham ; and acquitted himself greatly to to the Doctor's fatisfaction for a fhort time ; but iv THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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... gentleman who made it . NOTWITHSTANDING the great fuccefs of his pieces , by fome of which , it is afferted , upon good authority , he cleared 1800l . in one year , his circumftances were by no means in a profperous fituation ! partly ...
... gentleman who made it . NOTWITHSTANDING the great fuccefs of his pieces , by fome of which , it is afferted , upon good authority , he cleared 1800l . in one year , his circumftances were by no means in a profperous fituation ! partly ...
Page 63
... gentleman hafty Yet Johnfon and Burke , and a good venifon pafty , Were things that I never diflik'd in my life , Tho ' clogg'd with a coxcomb , and Kitty his wife . So next day in due fplendor to make my approach , 65 I drove to his ...
... gentleman hafty Yet Johnfon and Burke , and a good venifon pafty , Were things that I never diflik'd in my life , Tho ' clogg'd with a coxcomb , and Kitty his wife . So next day in due fplendor to make my approach , 65 I drove to his ...
Page 67
... gentleman was educated at Trinity College , Dublin ; but having wafted his patrimony , he enlifted as a foot foldier . Growing tired of that employment , he obtained his discharge , and became a fcribbler in the newfpapers . He ...
... gentleman was educated at Trinity College , Dublin ; but having wafted his patrimony , he enlifted as a foot foldier . Growing tired of that employment , he obtained his discharge , and became a fcribbler in the newfpapers . He ...
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... gentleman , who has no less distinguished himself as a citizen of the world , than a found critic , in detecting feveral literary mif takes ( or rather forgeries ) of his countrymen ; particularly Lauder on Milton , and Bower's Hiftory ...
... gentleman , who has no less distinguished himself as a citizen of the world , than a found critic , in detecting feveral literary mif takes ( or rather forgeries ) of his countrymen ; particularly Lauder on Milton , and Bower's Hiftory ...
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