Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 72
... pleased to say , it is yet doubtful if the Hollanders are rash enough to make such an attempt ; but , be that as it will , I beg leave to insist upon it , that I may be presented to his majesty , as one whose utmost ambition it is to ...
... pleased to say , it is yet doubtful if the Hollanders are rash enough to make such an attempt ; but , be that as it will , I beg leave to insist upon it , that I may be presented to his majesty , as one whose utmost ambition it is to ...
Page 78
... pleased the president , that he told him his former suspicions , and promised to favour him . Among his contemporaries in the college were Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to ...
... pleased the president , that he told him his former suspicions , and promised to favour him . Among his contemporaries in the college were Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to ...
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... neces- sarily performed by others . We learn from Wood , that , at a visitation of Sprat's , July the 12th , 1686 , the Preben- dary preached a Latin sermon , afterwards published , with which the Bishop was so pleased , that he told.
... neces- sarily performed by others . We learn from Wood , that , at a visitation of Sprat's , July the 12th , 1686 , the Preben- dary preached a Latin sermon , afterwards published , with which the Bishop was so pleased , that he told.
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