The lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Rivington, 1820 |
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... afterwards 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 ...
... afterwards 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 ...
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... afterwards , he was registered again by himself as of Middle- sex . The last record ought to be preferred , be- cause it was made upon oath . It is observable , that , as a native of Winborne , he is styled Filius Georgii Prior ...
... afterwards , he was registered again by himself as of Middle- sex . The last record ought to be preferred , be- cause it was made upon oath . It is observable , that , as a native of Winborne , he is styled Filius Georgii Prior ...
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... afterwards a volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased pa- tron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the Col- lege Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in ...
... afterwards a volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased pa- tron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the Col- lege Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in ...
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... knights , and Una fair , Did in that castle afterwards abide , To rest themselves , and weary powers repair , Where store they found of all , that dainty was and rare . PRIOR . To the close rock the frighted raven flies PRIOR . 23.
... knights , and Una fair , Did in that castle afterwards abide , To rest themselves , and weary powers repair , Where store they found of all , that dainty was and rare . PRIOR . To the close rock the frighted raven flies PRIOR . 23.
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... a rigorous and steady moralist , having told a petty lie to Lewis the Four- teenth , continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his ad- VOL . 11 . C mirer , to maintain what , when he said it ...
... a rigorous and steady moralist , having told a petty lie to Lewis the Four- teenth , continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his ad- VOL . 11 . C mirer , to maintain what , when he said it ...
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