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A letter was written for hiin to Sir William Lemon , 10 prevail upon him to
interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel , in which he solicited Sir William's
assistance “ for a man who really needed “ it as much as any man could well do ;
” and ...
A letter was written for hiin to Sir William Lemon , 10 prevail upon him to
interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel , in which he solicited Sir William's
assistance “ for a man who really needed “ it as much as any man could well do ;
” and ...
Page cxix
inclined to approve it ; but when he read it he found it contained sentiments
entirely opposite to his own , and , as he asserted , to the truth ; and therefore ,
instead of copying it , wrote his friend a letter full of masculine resentment and
warm ...
inclined to approve it ; but when he read it he found it contained sentiments
entirely opposite to his own , and , as he asserted , to the truth ; and therefore ,
instead of copying it , wrote his friend a letter full of masculine resentment and
warm ...
Page viii
The Ploughman's Tale is written in some measure in imitation of Pierce
Ploughman's Visions, and runs chiefly upon some one letter, or at least many
stanzas have this affected iteration, as A full sterne striese is stirr'd now For some
begiete ...
The Ploughman's Tale is written in some measure in imitation of Pierce
Ploughman's Visions, and runs chiefly upon some one letter, or at least many
stanzas have this affected iteration, as A full sterne striese is stirr'd now For some
begiete ...
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To the Right Hon Sir Robert Walpole | 151 |
To Mr John Dyer a Painter c | 159 |
To Aaron Hill Esq with the Tragedy of | 165 |
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| Title | Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ... Volumes 88-90 of Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Illustrated by | Thomas Stothard, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1776 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2006 |
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