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... received , and probably yet more with those which he was promised : he considered himself now as a favourite of the Queen , and did not doubt but a few annual poems would establish him in some pro- fitable employment . He therefore ...
... received , and probably yet more with those which he was promised : he considered himself now as a favourite of the Queen , and did not doubt but a few annual poems would establish him in some pro- fitable employment . He therefore ...
Page xcix
... received punctually fifty pounds a - year ; a salary which , though by no means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found sufficient to support families above want , and was undoubtedly more than the necessi- ties of life ...
... received punctually fifty pounds a - year ; a salary which , though by no means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found sufficient to support families above want , and was undoubtedly more than the necessi- ties of life ...
Page cxxxv
... received visits , and sometimes presents , from his acquaintances , but they did not amount to a subsistence , for the greater part of which he was indebted to the gene- rosity of this keeper ; but these favour , however they might ...
... received visits , and sometimes presents , from his acquaintances , but they did not amount to a subsistence , for the greater part of which he was indebted to the gene- rosity of this keeper ; but these favour , however they might ...
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The Volunteer Laureat on her Majestys Birth | 172 |
THE Life of the Author | 1 |
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