Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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Page 13
... Bolingbroke was sent to Paris to adjust differ- ences with less formality . Prior either accompanied him or followed him , and after his departure had the appointments and authority of an ambassador , though no public character . By ...
... Bolingbroke was sent to Paris to adjust differ- ences with less formality . Prior either accompanied him or followed him , and after his departure had the appointments and authority of an ambassador , though no public character . By ...
Page 14
... Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : - " Monsieur de . Torcy has a confidence in you ; make use of it , once for all , upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly that we must give a different turn to our Parliament and our people ...
... Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : - " Monsieur de . Torcy has a confidence in you ; make use of it , once for all , upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly that we must give a different turn to our Parliament and our people ...
Page 19
... Bolingbroke , by his influence upon the French minister , and by skill in questions of commerce above other men . Of his behaviour in the lighter parts of life , it is too late to get much intelligence . One of his answers to a boastful ...
... Bolingbroke , by his influence upon the French minister , and by skill in questions of commerce above other men . Of his behaviour in the lighter parts of life , it is too late to get much intelligence . One of his answers to a boastful ...
Page 20
... Bolingbroke , Pope , and Swift , would go and smoke a pipe and drink a bottle of ale with a common soldier and his wife in Long Acre before he went to bed , not from any remains of the lowness of his original , as one said , but I ...
... Bolingbroke , Pope , and Swift , would go and smoke a pipe and drink a bottle of ale with a common soldier and his wife in Long Acre before he went to bed , not from any remains of the lowness of his original , as one said , but I ...
Page 86
... Bolingbroke as a curiosity , descended from him to Mallet , and is now , by the solicitation of the late Dr. Maty , reposited in the Museum . Between this manuscript , which is written upon accidental fragments of paper , and the ...
... Bolingbroke as a curiosity , descended from him to Mallet , and is now , by the solicitation of the late Dr. Maty , reposited in the Museum . Between this manuscript , which is written upon accidental fragments of paper , and the ...
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