“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... have joined Prior in the commission , but that Shrews- bury refused to be associated with a man so meanly born . Prior therefore continued to act without a title till the Duke returned next year to England , and then he assumed 6 PRIOR .
... have joined Prior in the commission , but that Shrews- bury refused to be associated with a man so meanly born . Prior therefore continued to act without a title till the Duke returned next year to England , and then he assumed 6 PRIOR .
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... continued in appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis , who sent him with a letter to the Queen , written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of ...
... continued in appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis , who sent him with a letter to the Queen , written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of ...
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... continued thus confined for some time ; and Mr. Walpole ( June 10 , 1715 ) moved for an impeachment against him . What made him so acrimonious does not appear : he was by nature no thirster for blood . Prior was a week after com- mitted ...
... continued thus confined for some time ; and Mr. Walpole ( June 10 , 1715 ) moved for an impeachment against him . What made him so acrimonious does not appear : he was by nature no thirster for blood . Prior was a week after com- mitted ...
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... continued tenor of the narration ; in which Solomon re- lates the successive vicissitudes of his own mind , without the intervention of any other speaker , or the mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to ...
... continued tenor of the narration ; in which Solomon re- lates the successive vicissitudes of his own mind , without the intervention of any other speaker , or the mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to ...
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... continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his ad- mirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and ...
... continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his ad- mirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and ...
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