Lives of the English Poets: Abraham Cowley. Sir John Denham. John Milton. Samuel Butler. Earl of Rochester. Earl of Roscommon. Thomas Otway. Edmund Waller. John Dryden. John Pomfret. Earl of Dorset. George Stepney. John Philips. William Walsh. Edmund Smith. Richard Duke. William King. Thomas Sprat. Earl of Halifax. Thomas Parnell. Samuel Garth. Nicholas Rowe. Joseph Addison. John Hughes. John Sheffield, duke of Buckinghamshire. Matthew PriorOxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... King James ( in 1685 ) he was chosen for parliament , being then fourscore , at Saltash in Cornwall ; and wrote a Presage of the Downfall of the Turkish Empire , which he presented to the King on his birthday . It is remarked , by his ...
... King James ( in 1685 ) he was chosen for parliament , being then fourscore , at Saltash in Cornwall ; and wrote a Presage of the Downfall of the Turkish Empire , which he presented to the King on his birthday . It is remarked , by his ...
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... king's answer implies a greater acquain- tance with our proverbial and familiar diction than king William could possibly have attained . In 1691 , being member of the house of commons , he argued warmly in favour of a law to grant the ...
... king's answer implies a greater acquain- tance with our proverbial and familiar diction than king William could possibly have attained . In 1691 , being member of the house of commons , he argued warmly in favour of a law to grant the ...
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... king William afterwards told him , and asked what he would have done if the proposal had been made ? Sir , said he , I would have discovered it to the king whom I then served . To which King William replied , I cannot blame you . Finding ...
... king William afterwards told him , and asked what he would have done if the proposal had been made ? Sir , said he , I would have discovered it to the king whom I then served . To which King William replied , I cannot blame you . Finding ...
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