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Samuel Johnson. To prejudice the Queen [ Caroline , Queen of George II . ] against him , she made use of an incident which was omitted in the order of time , that it might be mentioned together with the purpose which it was made to serve ...
Samuel Johnson. To prejudice the Queen [ Caroline , Queen of George II . ] against him , she made use of an incident which was omitted in the order of time , that it might be mentioned together with the purpose which it was made to serve ...
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... Queen ; whether she that invented had the front to relate it ; whether she found anyone weak enough to credit it , or corrupt enough to concur with her in her hateful design , I know not ; but methods had been taken to persuade the Queen ...
... Queen ; whether she that invented had the front to relate it ; whether she found anyone weak enough to credit it , or corrupt enough to concur with her in her hateful design , I know not ; but methods had been taken to persuade the Queen ...
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... Queen . Such be the annual truths my verse imparts , Nor frown , fair fav'rite of a people's hearts ! Happy , if plac'd , perchance , beneath your eye , My Muse unpension'd might her pinions try Fearless to fail , while you indulge her ...
... Queen . Such be the annual truths my verse imparts , Nor frown , fair fav'rite of a people's hearts ! Happy , if plac'd , perchance , beneath your eye , My Muse unpension'd might her pinions try Fearless to fail , while you indulge her ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 A Gateway Edition Volume 83 of The World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Gateway Editions, 1955 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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