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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets,: With Critical Observations on ... - Page 25
by Samuel Johnson - 1790
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...to " move or turn myfelf in my bed. " This is my perfonal fortune here to " begin with. And befides, I can get " no money from my tenants, and have " my meadows eaten up every night " by Battle put in by my neighbours. " What this fignifies, or may come to " in time, God knows ; if it...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...?* is my perfonal fortune here to begin with. And, be• L'Allc^ro of Milton. Oiijj. edit. " fides, I can get no money from my tenants, and " have my...it " can end in nothing lefs than hanging. Another mis" fortune has been, and ftranger than all the reft, that " you have broke your word with me, and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...my perfonal fortune here to begin with. And, be* L'Allegro of Milton. Orig. edit. ?' fides; " fides, I can get no money from my tenants, and " have my meadows eaten up every night by cattle put te in by my neighbours. What this fignifies, or may " come to in time, God knows ; if it be ominous,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...This is my perfonal fortune here to begin with. " And, befides, I can get no money from my te" nants, and have my meadows eaten up every night " by cattle put in by my neighbours. What this " fignifies, of may come to in time, God " knows; if it be ominous, it can end in nothing " lefs than hanging. Another...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...to move or turn myfelf in my bed. " This is my perfonal fortune here to begin " with. And befides, I can get no money " from my tenants, and have my meadows " eaten up every night by cattle put in by cc my neighbours. What this fignifies, or cc may come to in time, God knows ; ,if it " be ominous,...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...unable to move or turn myself « my bed. This is my personal fortune here to begin with. And, besides, 'I can get no money from my tenants, and have my meadows eaten up e\ery . ' night hy cattle put Sh hy mv neighbours. What this signifies, or may come ""tain time, God...
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Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness ...

Ely Bates - Country life - 1804 - 422 pages
...unable to move or turn myself in my bed. This is my personal fortune here to begin with. And, besides, I can get no money from my tenants, and have my meadows...God knows; 'if it be ominous, it can end in nothing less than hanging*." Two years afterwards, he died ; and thus terminated his plan of rural felicity....
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...move or turn myself " in my bed. This is my personal fortune here to begin with. And, besides, " lean get no money from my tenants, and have my meadows...night by cattle put in by my neighbours. What this signifies, or may come " to in time, Cod knows; if it be ominous, it can end in nothing less than "...
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The Works of Abraham Cowley, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...to move or turn my" self in my bed. This is my personal fortune " here to begin with. And, besides, I can get no " money from my tenants, and have my...night by cattle put in by my " neighbours. What this signifies, or may come " to in time, God knows; if it be ominous, it " can end in nothing less than...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...myself in " my bed. This is my personal fortune here to " begin with. And, besides, I can get no mo" ney from my tenants, and have my meadows " eaten up every...night by cattle put in by my " neighbours. What this signifies, or may come •" to in time, God knows; if it be ominous, it can " end in nothing less than...
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