“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so pleasing to King William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is supposed to have passed some of the next years in the 2 PRIOR .
... . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so pleasing to King William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is supposed to have passed some of the next years in the 2 PRIOR .
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In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. to have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so ...
In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. to have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so ...
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... passed undignified by poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced ...
... passed undignified by poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced ...
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... an Act of Grace was passed , he was excepted , and continued still in custody , which he had made less tedious by writing his " Alma . " He was , however , soon after discharged . He had now his liberty , but he had nothing 8 PRIOR .
... an Act of Grace was passed , he was excepted , and continued still in custody , which he had made less tedious by writing his " Alma . " He was , however , soon after discharged . He had now his liberty , but he had nothing 8 PRIOR .
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... passing the day in contemplative tranquillity . But it seems that busy men seldom live long in a state of quiet . It is not unlikely that his health declined . He complains of deafness ; " for , " says he , " I took little care of my ...
... passing the day in contemplative tranquillity . But it seems that busy men seldom live long in a state of quiet . It is not unlikely that his health declined . He complains of deafness ; " for , " says he , " I took little care of my ...
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