The Best in Their KindRichards Press, 1949 - 456 pages |
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... London goldsmith who is supposed to have committed suicide by throwing himself out of a window . Robert was born in 1591 , and , after his school days at West- minster , he was apprenticed at the age of sixteen to a goldsmith uncle . At ...
... London goldsmith who is supposed to have committed suicide by throwing himself out of a window . Robert was born in 1591 , and , after his school days at West- minster , he was apprenticed at the age of sixteen to a goldsmith uncle . At ...
Page 166
... London , and he obtained a living by writing for the Gentleman's Magazine . His satirical poem " London " attracted the attention of Alexander Pope , and in 1774 he wrote a life of his improvi- dent , profligate friend Richard Savage ...
... London , and he obtained a living by writing for the Gentleman's Magazine . His satirical poem " London " attracted the attention of Alexander Pope , and in 1774 he wrote a life of his improvi- dent , profligate friend Richard Savage ...
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... London on 28th November , 1757 , the grandson of an Irishman called O'Neill who married a girl called Ellen Blake of Rathmines and not only took her name , but bestowed it on his son James , the child of a previous marriage . James came ...
... London on 28th November , 1757 , the grandson of an Irishman called O'Neill who married a girl called Ellen Blake of Rathmines and not only took her name , but bestowed it on his son James , the child of a previous marriage . James came ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS MALORY 1413?1470 | 18 |
EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 24 |
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 15641593 | 38 |
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