The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the English poets (cont.) Lives of eminent personsG. Cowie & Company, 1825 |
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... SAVAGE -SWIFT . • BROOME - POPE .. .... PITT ... .... THOMSON WATTS . A. PHILIPS WEST ... _COLLINS .. DYER .... SHENSTONE YOUNG .... 1 11 ... · 18 22 .... 27 29 • L ..... 31 ... 124 160 164 287 .... 290 302 309 317 ... 321 325 .. 328 ...
... SAVAGE -SWIFT . • BROOME - POPE .. .... PITT ... .... THOMSON WATTS . A. PHILIPS WEST ... _COLLINS .. DYER .... SHENSTONE YOUNG .... 1 11 ... · 18 22 .... 27 29 • L ..... 31 ... 124 160 164 287 .... 290 302 309 317 ... 321 325 .. 328 ...
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... SAVAGE . It has been observed in all ages , that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the pro- motion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank , or the ... SAVAGE . 31 SOMERVILLE SAVAGE.
... SAVAGE . It has been observed in all ages , that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the pro- motion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank , or the ... SAVAGE . 31 SOMERVILLE SAVAGE.
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... Savage , a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion , not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the consequences of the crimes of others ...
... Savage , a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion , not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the consequences of the crimes of others ...
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... Savage . Born with a legal claim to honour and to affluence , he was in two months illegitimated by the parliament , and dis- owned by his mother , doomed to poverty and obscurity , and launched upon the ocean of life , only that he ...
... Savage . Born with a legal claim to honour and to affluence , he was in two months illegitimated by the parliament , and dis- owned by his mother , doomed to poverty and obscurity , and launched upon the ocean of life , only that he ...
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... be diverted or denied . His mother , who could no longer re- fuse an answer , determined at least to give such as should * He died Aug. 18th , 1712. R. cut him off for ever from that happiness which competence SAVAGE . 35.
... be diverted or denied . His mother , who could no longer re- fuse an answer , determined at least to give such as should * He died Aug. 18th , 1712. R. cut him off for ever from that happiness which competence SAVAGE . 35.
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