Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 405
... received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he intended to charac- terize king William , and ...
... received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he intended to charac- terize king William , and ...
Page 409
... received the seals , appointed him , unasked , secre- tary of the presentations . Such an accumulation of employments undoubtedly produced a very consider- able revenue . Having already translated some parts of Lucan's Pharsalia , which ...
... received the seals , appointed him , unasked , secre- tary of the presentations . Such an accumulation of employments undoubtedly produced a very consider- able revenue . Having already translated some parts of Lucan's Pharsalia , which ...
Page 431
... received , as is confessed , with cold disapprobation , he was probably less willing to claim it . " Tickell omitted it in his collection ; but the testimony of Steele , and the total silence of any other claimant , has determined the ...
... received , as is confessed , with cold disapprobation , he was probably less willing to claim it . " Tickell omitted it in his collection ; but the testimony of Steele , and the total silence of any other claimant , has determined the ...
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