The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... lord Somers . King Wil- liam had no regard to elegance or literature ; his study was only war ; yet by a choice of mi- nifters , whose difpofition was very different from his own , he produced , without intenti- on , a very liberal ...
... lord Somers . King Wil- liam had no regard to elegance or literature ; his study was only war ; yet by a choice of mi- nifters , whose difpofition was very different from his own , he produced , without intenti- on , a very liberal ...
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... Lord Hali- fax , which is juftly confidered as the most elegant , if not the most fublime , of his poeti- cal productions . But in about two years he found it neceffary to haften home ; being , as Swift informs us , diftreffed by ...
... Lord Hali- fax , which is juftly confidered as the most elegant , if not the most fublime , of his poeti- cal productions . But in about two years he found it neceffary to haften home ; being , as Swift informs us , diftreffed by ...
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... cultivated gives reafon to believe that little time was loft . But he remained not long neglected or ufe- lefs . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph triumph and confidence over the nation ; and lord Godolphin ADDISON . 9.
... cultivated gives reafon to believe that little time was loft . But he remained not long neglected or ufe- lefs . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph triumph and confidence over the nation ; and lord Godolphin ADDISON . 9.
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... lord Godolphin lamenting to lord Halifax that it had not been celebrated in a manner equal to the subject , defired him to propose it to fome better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worth- lefs ...
... lord Godolphin lamenting to lord Halifax that it had not been celebrated in a manner equal to the subject , defired him to propose it to fome better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worth- lefs ...
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... lord lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended him as his fecretary ; and was made keeper of the records in Birmingham's Tower , with a falary of three hundred pounds a - year . The office was little more than nominal , and the falary ...
... lord lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended him as his fecretary ; and was made keeper of the records in Birmingham's Tower , with a falary of three hundred pounds a - year . The office was little more than nominal , and the falary ...
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