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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 ...
... 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 ...
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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 be- nefaction ...
... 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 be- nefaction ...
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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 em- bassy , at the treaty of Ryswick ( in 1697 * ) ; and next year had the same office at the ...
... 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 em- bassy , at the treaty of Ryswick ( in 1697 * ) ; and next year had the same office at the ...
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... wrote his own . His imitations of Horace are feebly paraphrasti . cal , and the additions which he makes are of little value . He sometimes retains what were more pro- perly omitted , as when he talks of vervain and gums to propitiate ...
... wrote his own . His imitations of Horace are feebly paraphrasti . cal , and the additions which he makes are of little value . He sometimes retains what were more pro- perly omitted , as when he talks of vervain and gums to propitiate ...
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... wrote not for a liveli hood but for fame ; or , if he may tell his own mo- tives , for a nobler purpose , to engage poetry in the cause of virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him , that his first pub- At Sadlers ' Hall . as late cas 1 ...
... wrote not for a liveli hood but for fame ; or , if he may tell his own mo- tives , for a nobler purpose , to engage poetry in the cause of virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him , that his first pub- At Sadlers ' Hall . as late cas 1 ...
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