The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... Queen's Col- lege in Oxford , where , in 1689 , the acciden- tal perufal of fome Latin verfes gained him the patronage of Dr. Lancaster , afterwards provost of Queen's College ; by whofe recommenda- tion he was elected into Magdalen ...
... Queen's Col- lege in Oxford , where , in 1689 , the acciden- tal perufal of fome Latin verfes gained him the patronage of Dr. Lancaster , afterwards provost of Queen's College ; by whofe recommenda- tion he was elected into Magdalen ...
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... queen Mary , in the Mufæ Anglicanæ . Thefe verfes exhibit all the fondness of friend- ship ; but , on one fide or the other , friend- ship was too weak for the malignity of faction . In this poem is a very confident and difcri- minative ...
... queen Mary , in the Mufæ Anglicanæ . Thefe verfes exhibit all the fondness of friend- ship ; but , on one fide or the other , friend- ship was too weak for the malignity of faction . In this poem is a very confident and difcri- minative ...
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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 con- versation , to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal , and re- move ...
... Queen , it was reprinted in the Spectator . To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties , to regulate the practice of daily con- versation , to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal , and re- move ...
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... Queen would be pleased if it was dedicated to her ; but as be bad defigned that compliment elsewhere , he found himself obliged , fays Tickell , by his duty on the one hand , and bis honour on the other , to fend it into the world ...
... Queen would be pleased if it was dedicated to her ; but as be bad defigned that compliment elsewhere , he found himself obliged , fays Tickell , by his duty on the one hand , and bis honour on the other , to fend it into the world ...
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... - ed by his office to fend notice to Hanover that the Numb . 556. 557. 558. 559. 561. 562. 565. 567. 568. 569 . 571. 574 575 579. 580. 582. 583. 584. 585. 590. 592. 598 . 600 . the Queen was dead , and that the throne was ADDISON . 31.
... - ed by his office to fend notice to Hanover that the Numb . 556. 557. 558. 559. 561. 562. 565. 567. 568. 569 . 571. 574 575 579. 580. 582. 583. 584. 585. 590. 592. 598 . 600 . the Queen was dead , and that the throne was ADDISON . 31.
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