The lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Rivington, 1820 |
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... perhaps scarcely seen any thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not produce ef fects proportionate to the magnificence of the trans- action . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into ...
... perhaps scarcely seen any thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not produce ef fects proportionate to the magnificence of the trans- action . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into ...
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... in 1701 he was chosen representative of East Grinstead . Perhaps it was about this time that he changed his party ; for he voted for the impeachment of those lords who had persuaded the King to the Partition - treaty , a PRIOR .
... in 1701 he was chosen representative of East Grinstead . Perhaps it was about this time that he changed his party ; for he voted for the impeachment of those lords who had persuaded the King to the Partition - treaty , a PRIOR .
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... perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate , and ran away ; as was related by a woman who had been his servant . Of this propensity to sor . did converse I have seen an account so seriously ridiculous , that it ...
... perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate , and ran away ; as was related by a woman who had been his servant . Of this propensity to sor . did converse I have seen an account so seriously ridiculous , that it ...
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... Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or con . tracted 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 ...
... Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or con . tracted 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 ...
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... perhaps he thought , like Cow- ley , that hemistichs ought to be admitted into he roic poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws ...
... perhaps he thought , like Cow- ley , that hemistichs ought to be admitted into he roic poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws ...
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