Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 189
... produced , and he did not deny it when Archbishop Sharpe and the Duchess of Somerset , by shewing it to the Queen , debarred him from a bishoprick . When this wild work first raised the attention of the publick , Sacheverell , meeting ...
... produced , and he did not deny it when Archbishop Sharpe and the Duchess of Somerset , by shewing it to the Queen , debarred him from a bishoprick . When this wild work first raised the attention of the publick , Sacheverell , meeting ...
Page 190
... produced The Sentiments of a Church - of - England Man ; the ridicule of Astrology , under the name of Bickerstaff ; the Argument against abolishing Christianity ; and the defence of the Sacra- mental Test . The Sentiments of a Church ...
... produced The Sentiments of a Church - of - England Man ; the ridicule of Astrology , under the name of Bickerstaff ; the Argument against abolishing Christianity ; and the defence of the Sacra- mental Test . The Sentiments of a Church ...
Page 313
... produced this piece at twenty , and never afterwards excelled it : he that delights himself with observing that such powers may be so soon attained , cannot but grieve to think that life was ever after at a stand . To mention the ...
... produced this piece at twenty , and never afterwards excelled it : he that delights himself with observing that such powers may be so soon attained , cannot but grieve to think that life was ever after at a stand . To mention the ...
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