Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 389
... passed his days in the quiet exercise of his function . When the cause of Sacheverell put the publick in commotion , he honestly appeared among the friends of the church . He lived to his seventy - ninth year , and died May 20 , 1713 ...
... passed his days in the quiet exercise of his function . When the cause of Sacheverell put the publick in commotion , he honestly appeared among the friends of the church . He lived to his seventy - ninth year , and died May 20 , 1713 ...
Page 393
... passed for securing the Protestant Succession , he was appointed to carry the ensigns of the order to the electoral court . He sat as one of the judges of Sacheverell ; but voted for a mild sentence . Being now no longer in favour , he ...
... passed for securing the Protestant Succession , he was appointed to carry the ensigns of the order to the electoral court . He sat as one of the judges of Sacheverell ; but voted for a mild sentence . Being now no longer in favour , he ...
Page 410
... passed them over without the least thought of resentment or revenge . As Homer had a Zoilus , so Mr. Rowe had sometimes his ; for there were not wanting malevolent people , and pretenders to poetry too , that would now - and- then bark ...
... passed them over without the least thought of resentment or revenge . As Homer had a Zoilus , so Mr. Rowe had sometimes his ; for there were not wanting malevolent people , and pretenders to poetry too , that would now - and- then bark ...
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