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How he employed himself upon his first coming to London , is not certainly known
. His first lodgings were at the house of Mr . Norris a staymaker in Exeter - Street ,
in the Strand . Here he found it necessary to practise the most rigid economy ...
How he employed himself upon his first coming to London , is not certainly known
. His first lodgings were at the house of Mr . Norris a staymaker in Exeter - Street ,
in the Strand . Here he found it necessary to practise the most rigid economy ...
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A warrant was ifsued , and messengers were employed to apprehend the author ,
who , it seems , was known . To elude his pursuers , he retired with his wife to
Lambeth - marsh , and there lay concealed in an obscure lodging till the scent ...
A warrant was ifsued , and messengers were employed to apprehend the author ,
who , it seems , was known . To elude his pursuers , he retired with his wife to
Lambeth - marsh , and there lay concealed in an obscure lodging till the scent ...
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His figure and manner are more generally known than those of almost any other
man . His person was large , robust , and unwieldy from corpulency . His carriage
was disfigured by sudden emotions which appeared to a common observer to ...
His figure and manner are more generally known than those of almost any other
man . His person was large , robust , and unwieldy from corpulency . His carriage
was disfigured by sudden emotions which appeared to a common observer to ...
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Of the poetical compositions , which are known to be of his writing , the Imitations
of Juvenal are the best ; and are , perhaps , the noblest imitations to be found in
any language . They are not so close as those done by Pope from Horace , but ...
Of the poetical compositions , which are known to be of his writing , the Imitations
of Juvenal are the best ; and are , perhaps , the noblest imitations to be found in
any language . They are not so close as those done by Pope from Horace , but ...
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In misery ' s darkest cavern known , His useful care was ever nigh , Where
hopeless anguish pour ' d his groan , And lonely want retir ' d to die . No
summons mock ' d by chill delay , No petty gain disdain ' d by pride ; The modest
wants of ...
In misery ' s darkest cavern known , His useful care was ever nigh , Where
hopeless anguish pour ' d his groan , And lonely want retir ' d to die . No
summons mock ' d by chill delay , No petty gain disdain ' d by pride ; The modest
wants of ...
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