Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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... present Majesty , and the present Government3 ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excuse * . 10 The same year , being clerk of the closet to the king , he was made dean of the chapel ...
... present Majesty , and the present Government3 ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excuse * . 10 The same year , being clerk of the closet to the king , he was made dean of the chapel ...
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... present the house seems deserted . ' Works , iii . 134 . • In 1763 Gray wrote : - ' The truth is the Opera has rather maintained itself ... on the borrowed taste of a few men of condition , that have learned in Italy how to admire ...
... present the house seems deserted . ' Works , iii . 134 . • In 1763 Gray wrote : - ' The truth is the Opera has rather maintained itself ... on the borrowed taste of a few men of condition , that have learned in Italy how to admire ...
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... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house ? He told them that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ' ; an answer which perplexed them because ...
... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house ? He told them that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ' ; an answer which perplexed them because ...
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