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... afterwards wrote the poem on the " Deity , " which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that College , to send every year to the Earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in acknowledgment of a ...
... afterwards wrote the poem on the " Deity , " which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that College , to send every year to the Earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in acknowledgment of a ...
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... afterwards a volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased patron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the College Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) ...
... afterwards a volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased patron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the College Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) ...
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... afterwards abide , To rest themselves , and weary powers repair , Where store they found of all , that dainty was and rare . PRIOR . To the close rock the frighted raven flies , Soon as the rising eagle cuts the air : The shaggy wolf ...
... afterwards abide , To rest themselves , and weary powers repair , Where store they found of all , that dainty was and rare . PRIOR . To the close rock the frighted raven flies , Soon as the rising eagle cuts the air : The shaggy wolf ...
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... afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his ad- mirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin ...
... afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his ad- mirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin ...
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... Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was seen , and , in some little time more , it was acted ; and I , through the re- mainder of my indiscretion , suffered myself to be drawn into the prosecution of a difficult and thankless ...
... Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was seen , and , in some little time more , it was acted ; and I , through the re- mainder of my indiscretion , suffered myself to be drawn into the prosecution of a difficult and thankless ...
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