Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... wrote it , " says Boswell , con amore , ' both from the early possession which that writer had taken of his mind , and from the pleasure which he must have felt in for ever silencing all attempts to lessen his poetical fame . I remember ...
... wrote it , " says Boswell , con amore , ' both from the early possession which that writer had taken of his mind , and from the pleasure which he must have felt in for ever silencing all attempts to lessen his poetical fame . I remember ...
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... wrote the poem on the Deity , which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that College to send every year to the Earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in acknowledgment of a benefaction enjoyed by ...
... wrote the poem on the Deity , which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that College to send every year to the Earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in acknowledgment of a benefaction enjoyed by ...
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... wrote a long ode , which was presented to the king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another embassy at the Treaty of Ryswick ( in 1697 ) , and next year had the same office at the court of ...
... wrote a long ode , which was presented to the king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another embassy at the Treaty of Ryswick ( in 1697 ) , and next year had the same office at the court of ...
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... 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 according to ...
... 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 according to ...
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... wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if he should control his desire of immediate renown , and keep his work nine years un- published , he will be still the author , and still in ...
... wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if he should control his desire of immediate renown , and keep his work nine years un- published , he will be still the author , and still in ...
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