Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... Queen's College in Oxford , where , in 1689 , the accidental perusal of some Latin verses gained him the patronage of Dr. Lancaster , after- wards Provost of Queen's College ; by whose recommen- dation he was elected into Magdalen ...
... Queen's College in Oxford , where , in 1689 , the accidental perusal of some Latin verses gained him the patronage of Dr. Lancaster , after- wards Provost of Queen's College ; by whose recommen- dation he was elected into Magdalen ...
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... Queen Mary , in the " Muse Angli . canĉ . " These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ; but , on one side or the other , friendship was afterwards too weak for the malignity of faction . In this poem is a very confident and ...
... Queen Mary , in the " Muse Angli . canĉ . " These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ; but , on one side or the other , friendship was afterwards too weak for the malignity of faction . In this poem is a very confident and ...
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... Queen , it was reprinted in the Spectator . To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties , to regulate the practice of daily conversation , to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than crimi- nal , and remove ...
... Queen , it was reprinted in the Spectator . To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties , to regulate the practice of daily conversation , to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than crimi- nal , and remove ...
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... Queen would be pleased if it was dedicated to her ; " but , as he had designed that compliment elsewhere , he found himself obliged , " says Tickell , " by his duty on the one hand , and his honour on the other , to send it into the ...
... Queen would be pleased if it was dedicated to her ; " but , as he had designed that compliment elsewhere , he found himself obliged , " says Tickell , " by his duty on the one hand , and his honour on the other , to send it into the ...
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... Queen was dead , and that the throne was vacant . To do this would not have been difficult to any man but Addison , who was so overwhelmed with the greatness of the event , and so distracted by choice of expression , that the lords ...
... Queen was dead , and that the throne was vacant . To do this would not have been difficult to any man but Addison , who was so overwhelmed with the greatness of the event , and so distracted by choice of expression , that the lords ...
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