Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 50
... Oxford was told that Dr. Parnell waited among the crowd in the outer room , he went , by the persuasion of Swift , with his treasurer's staff in his hand , to enquire for him , and to bid him welcome ; and , as may be inferred from ...
... Oxford was told that Dr. Parnell waited among the crowd in the outer room , he went , by the persuasion of Swift , with his treasurer's staff in his hand , to enquire for him , and to bid him welcome ; and , as may be inferred from ...
Page 71
... Oxford for some publick employment * . Oxford enjoined him to study Spanish ; and when , some time afterwards , he came again , and said that he had mastered it , dismissed him with this congratulation , ' Then , Sir , I envy you the ...
... Oxford for some publick employment * . Oxford enjoined him to study Spanish ; and when , some time afterwards , he came again , and said that he had mastered it , dismissed him with this congratulation , ' Then , Sir , I envy you the ...
Page 195
... Oxford , on the 44 eighteenth of September , 1721 3 , and was buried in Westminster ; where on a monument , for which , as the ' last piece of human vanity , ' he left five hundred pounds , is engraven this epitaph 5 : Sui Temporis ...
... Oxford , on the 44 eighteenth of September , 1721 3 , and was buried in Westminster ; where on a monument , for which , as the ' last piece of human vanity , ' he left five hundred pounds , is engraven this epitaph 5 : Sui Temporis ...
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