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" Sidney rais'd his Gratuity to Two Hundred Pounds, and commanded the Steward to give it immediately, lest as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole Estate. "
The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Poets ... - Page 196
by Giles Jacob - 1723 - 360 pages
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The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the ..., Volume 2

Giles Jacob - Dramatists, English - 1720 - 418 pages
...doubled -, and reading one Stanza more, Sir Philip increaled his Bounty to Two Hundred Pounds, ŕnJ commanded his Steward to give it immediately, left,...the Year 1 579. he was lent abroad by the Earl of Lticfßer, and afterwards recommended to the Lord Grey as Secretary, who was cholčn Deputy of ˇrtljnd....
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 1

Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 366 pages
...one ftanza more, Mr. Sidney raifed the gratuity .to two hundred pounds, ,and commanded the fteward to give it immediately, left as he read further he might be tempted to give away his whole eftate. From this time he admitted the author to his acquaintance and converfation, and prepared the way for...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time ..., Volume 1

Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - Poets, English - 1753 - 384 pages
...ftanza ftanza more, Mr. Sidney raifed the gratuity to two hundred pounds, and commanded the Howard to give it immediately, left as he read further he might be tempted to give away his whole eftatc. From this time he admitted the author to his acquaintance and converfation, and prepared the...
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The Fairy Queen, Volume 1

Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 574 pages
...reading one ftanza more, Mr. Sidney railed his gratuity to two hundred pounds, and commanded the fteward to give it immediately, left as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole eftate. From this time he admitted the author to his acquaintance and converfation, and prepared the way for...
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A View of the State of Ireland as it was in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth ...

Edmund Spenser - Ireland - 1763 - 310 pages
...Two Hundred Pounds, and commanded thq Steward to give it im;v'::i/.x,. .. a 4 mediately, mediately, left as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whale Eftatc. From this time he admitted the Author to his Acquaintance and Converfation, and prcpar'd...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...raised his gratuity to two hundred pounds, and commanded the steward to give it immediately, lest, as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole estate. From this time he admitted the author to his acquaintance and conversation, and prepared the...
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Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors ...

General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...Sidney raised the gratuity to two hundred pounds, and commanded the steward to give it immediately, lest as he read further he might be tempted to give away his whole estate. — Gibber's Lives of the Poets. _^__ BIOGRAPHY. — There is no part of history which seems...
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The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies..

Authors - 1845 - 432 pages
...raised his gratuity to two hundred pounds, and commanded the steward to give it immediately, lest, as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole estate." This is a very good story ; but how much of it may be true is another question. It may possibly...
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The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies...

1845 - 384 pages
...raised his gratuity to two hundred pounds, and commanded the steward to give it immediately, lest, as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole estate." This is a very good story ; but how much of it may be true is another question. It may possibly...
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Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, Volumes 4-6

1845 - 410 pages
...raised his gratuity to two hundred pounds, and commanded the steward to give it immediately, lest, as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole estate." This is a very good story ; but how much of it may be true is another question. It may possibly...
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