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I obtain'd his address, and found him ... the modest, the unambitious person you describe; wondering at the praise and admiration with which his Poem has been receiv'd; whose utmost ambition was to have presented a fair copy to his aged

Letter 34 2009

From the pleasure I receiv'd in reading the FARMER'S BOY, and from some strange coincidences in the early part of Mr. Bloomfield's life with my own, I was naturally enough anxious to become acquainted with the Author.

Letter 34 2009

Moral Demonstrations ¦ where the Conclusion is built, either upon some one such proof cogent in its kind, or some concurrence of Probabilities, that it cannot but be allowed, supposing the truth of the most receiv'd Rules of Prudence and Principles of Practical Philosophy.

Sticky Wants to Grab 2009

These Words he receiv'd with some Satisfaction, and endeavour'd to apply them to the

Exilius 2008

Discourse he came out of his amorous Delirium, and receiv'd me into his

Exilius 2008

How he receiv'd this I know not, neither did I care; but I was told afterwards, That he laugh'd, and told his Companions what a pretty Present he had receiv'd from an unknown Hand, and withal, that he would secure himself from such Attacks by his speedy Marriage; and accordingly proceeded with a young Gentlewoman at London: And at his Return, acquainted his Friends, and in particular, a young Gentlewoman, one of our

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

I very well believ'd there was no Medium after such an Exploit, between being receiv'd by his Parents, and abandon'd by my own: And for me to have propes'd this Visit to them, I knew was vain, having no Pretence to justify the Request; the whole Amour having been a continu'd Act of Folly on the one Side, and Treachery on the other; and the last Scene a

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

In fine, I was absorp'd in Sorrow, and loaden with Afflictions, without Prospect of Alleviation, except what I receiv'd from the poor Cordiala, whose discreet Words often calm'd my Passion; they were as Balm to a Mind enflam'd with Sorrow, and when those salutary Remedies fail'd, she try'd to charm me with the Musick of her Voice or Instrument, for in both these she was perfect, even to

Exilius 2008

Valerius humbled himself at the Feet of his Father, who readily receiv'd him.

Exilius 2008

Suddenness of the Occasion dictate: Which I receiv'd with a pretended

Exilius 2008