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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper - Page 427
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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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Lives of English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...This counfel was rejected : the profit and principal were loft, and Gay funk under the calamity fo low that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have fhewn particular tendernefs, his health, was reftored ; and, returning to his irudies, he wrote a tragedy...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...He was 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...low that his life became in danger. By the care of bis friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health was restored;...
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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...care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health was restored; and, returning to his studies, he wrote a tragedy...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 428 pages
...This counfel was rejected : the profit and principal were loft, and Gay funk under the calamity fo low that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have fhewn particular tendernefs, his health was reftored ; and, returning to his ftudies, he wrote a tragedy...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...He was 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...care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health was restored ; and returning to his studies, he wrote a tragedy...
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Works, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...He was 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...care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health was restored ; and returning to his studies, he wrote a tragedy...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 pages
...He was 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 " of mutton every day." This counsel wag rejected: the profit and principal were lost, and Gay sunk under the calamity so low that his....
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 pages
...He was then importuned to sell as much as would purchase a hundred a year for life, " which," says Fenton, " will make " you sure of a clean shirt and...care of his friends> among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health was restored ; and, returning to his studies, he wrote a tragedy...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 426 pages
...He was then importuned to sell as much as would purchase a hundred a year for life, " which," says Fenton, " will make " you sure of a clean shirt and...care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shewn particular tenderness, his health was restored ; and, returning to his studies, he wrote a tragedy...
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