The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... died , and left a legacy with his manuscripts to Swift , for whom he had obtained from King William a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at West- minster or Canterbury . That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift ...
... died , and left a legacy with his manuscripts to Swift , for whom he had obtained from King William a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at West- minster or Canterbury . That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift ...
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... died Mrs. Van Homrigh , a woman made unhappy by her admiration of wit , and ignominiously distinguished by the name of Vanessa , whose conduct has been already sufficiently discussed , and whose history is too well known to be minutely ...
... died Mrs. Van Homrigh , a woman made unhappy by her admiration of wit , and ignominiously distinguished by the name of Vanessa , whose conduct has been already sufficiently discussed , and whose history is too well known to be minutely ...
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... died of dis- appointment ; having ordered by her will the poem to be published , in which Cadenus had proclaimed her excellence , and confessed his love . The effect of the publication upon the Dean and Stella is thus related by Delany ...
... died of dis- appointment ; having ordered by her will the poem to be published , in which Cadenus had proclaimed her excellence , and confessed his love . The effect of the publication upon the Dean and Stella is thus related by Delany ...
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... died in her forty - fourth year , on January 28 , 1728 . How much he wished her life , his papers show ; nor can it be doubted that he dreaded the death of her whom he loved most , aggravated by the consciousness that himself had ...
... died in her forty - fourth year , on January 28 , 1728 . How much he wished her life , his papers show ; nor can it be doubted that he dreaded the death of her whom he loved most , aggravated by the consciousness that himself had ...
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... died under the tyranny of him by whom she was in the highest degree loved and honoured . What were her claims to this eccentric tenderness , by which the laws of nature were violated to retain her , curiosity will inquire ; but how ...
... died under the tyranny of him by whom she was in the highest degree loved and honoured . What were her claims to this eccentric tenderness , by which the laws of nature were violated to retain her , curiosity will inquire ; but how ...
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