Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Dict . 3 Ante , DRYDEN , 4. Four years after Busby's death W. Wogan , ' at about the age of twenty , being captain of the school , was employed to copy the MS . of Clarendon's History , and stayed a year extra- ordinary at the School ...
... Dict . 3 Ante , DRYDEN , 4. Four years after Busby's death W. Wogan , ' at about the age of twenty , being captain of the school , was employed to copy the MS . of Clarendon's History , and stayed a year extra- ordinary at the School ...
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... Dict . Nat . Biog . xxviii . 387. The actual MS . of the History seems to have reached the Bodleian from the hands of Dean Aldrich some time between 1711 and 1743. Macray's Annals of the Bodleian , 1890 , p . 225 n . In 1826 the ...
... Dict . Nat . Biog . xxviii . 387. The actual MS . of the History seems to have reached the Bodleian from the hands of Dean Aldrich some time between 1711 and 1743. Macray's Annals of the Bodleian , 1890 , p . 225 n . In 1826 the ...
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... Dict . Nat . Biog . According to a statement in N. & Q. 3 S. xii . 21 he was born on June 13 , 1658 ; but see ib . p . 69 . Poetical Register , ii . 50. The Duke was the son of Charles II and the Duchess of Portsmouth . Evelyn wrote on ...
... Dict . Nat . Biog . According to a statement in N. & Q. 3 S. xii . 21 he was born on June 13 , 1658 ; but see ib . p . 69 . Poetical Register , ii . 50. The Duke was the son of Charles II and the Duchess of Portsmouth . Evelyn wrote on ...
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... Dict . Nat . Biog . 3 Luttrell ( vi . 332 ) recorded on July 29 , 1708 , that the liveing of Whitney , of 700l . per ann . is given to Dr. Richard Duke . ' In recording his death ( ib . p . 690 ) he makes it worth 500l . per ann . ' Feb ...
... Dict . Nat . Biog . 3 Luttrell ( vi . 332 ) recorded on July 29 , 1708 , that the liveing of Whitney , of 700l . per ann . is given to Dr. Richard Duke . ' In recording his death ( ib . p . 690 ) he makes it worth 500l . per ann . ' Feb ...
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... Dict . Nat . Biog . liii . 419. See also N. & Q. I S. x . 84 . 36 ' Sprat in his last will and testa- ment gives God thanks that he , who had been bred neither at Eton nor Westminster , but at a little country school by the church ...
... Dict . Nat . Biog . liii . 419. See also N. & Q. I S. x . 84 . 36 ' Sprat in his last will and testa- ment gives God thanks that he , who had been bred neither at Eton nor Westminster , but at a little country school by the church ...
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