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... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
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... perhaps have been less lavish without inconvenience , for James was never said to have much regard for poetry : he was to be flattered only by adopting his religion . Times were now changed : Dryden was no longer the court- poet , and ...
... perhaps have been less lavish without inconvenience , for James was never said to have much regard for poetry : he was to be flattered only by adopting his religion . Times were now changed : Dryden was no longer the court- poet , and ...
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... perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are commonly short , such as one ...
... perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are commonly short , such as one ...
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