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When allowance has been made for this, he remains one of the most admirable characters and writers in English literature. SUMMARY. B. Amesbury, ed. Charterhouse and Oxford; received travelling pension, 1699; Campaign leads to political office; goes to Ireland, 1708; assists Steele in Tatler, 1709; Spectator started, 1711; marries Lady Warwick, 1716; Secretary of State, 1716-18; d. 1719.
It had enormous popularity, and brought the poet £5000. It also was highly popular, and increased his gains to about £8000, which placed him in a position of independence. While engaged upon these he removed to Chiswick, where he lived 1716-18, and where he issued in 1717 a coll. ed. of his works, including the Elegy on an Unfortunate Lady and the Epistle of Eloisa to Abelard.
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