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" will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton every day." This counsel was rejected : the profit and principal were lost, and Gay sunk under the calamity so low that his life became in danger. "
Drama: Or, Theatrical Pocket Magazine ... - Page 345
1824
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Elegant edition of fables by John Gay, with the life of the author

John Gay - 1796 - 284 pages
...importuned to sell as much as would purchase an hundred a-year for life, " which,". says FENTON, " will make you " sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder...the calamity so low, that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom POPE appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...you sure of a clean shirt am " a shoulder of mutton every day." This counsel was rejected : the pro and principal -were lost, and Gay sunk under the calamity so low that b life becixme in danger. . By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn par ticular...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...then importuned to sell as much as would purchase an hundred a year for life, " which," says Fenton, " will make you sure of a clean shirt and " a shoulder...the calamity so low that his life became in danger. By the care of bis friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...persuaded him to sell his share; but this counsel was rejected; the profit and principal were lost, and he sunk under the calamity so low that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...then importuned to sell as much as would purchase an hundred a year for life, " which," says Fenton, " will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder...the calamity so low that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shown particular tenderness, his health...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...imporimportuned to sell as much as would purchase an hundred a year for life, " which," says Fenton, " will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder...the calamity so low that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 pages
...then importuned to sell as much as would purchase an hundred a year for life, " which," «ays Fenton, will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder...calamity •so low that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shown particular tenderness, his health...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 pages
...then importuned to sell a* much as would purchase an hundred a year for life, " which," say» Fenton, will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder...principal were lost, and Gay sunk under the calamity «o low that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 pages
...importuned to sell a* Buck as would purchase an hundred a year for life, " which," wiys Fenton, will mabe you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton every day." This counsel 'it rejected: the profit and principal were lost, and Gay sunk under the calamity ' low that his life...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...then importuned to sell as much as would purchase an hundred a year for life, " which," says Fenton, " will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder...the calamity so low that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health...
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