The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French ...
... Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French ...
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... Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monsieur . de Torcy has a confidence in you : make use of it , once for all , upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly , that we must give a different turn to our parliament and our people ...
... Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monsieur . de Torcy has a confidence in you : make use of it , once for all , upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly , that we must give a different turn to our parliament and our people ...
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... Bolingbroke , by his influence upon the French minister , and by skill in questions of commerce above other men . Of his behaviour in the lighter parts of life , it is too late to get much intelligence . One of his answers to a boastful ...
... Bolingbroke , by his influence upon the French minister , and by skill in questions of commerce above other men . Of his behaviour in the lighter parts of life , it is too late to get much intelligence . One of his answers to a boastful ...
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... Bolingbroke , Pope , and Swift , would go and smoke a pipe , and drink a bottle of ale , with a common soldier and his wife , in Long Acre , before he went to bed ; not from any remains of the lowness of his original , as one said , but ...
... Bolingbroke , Pope , and Swift , would go and smoke a pipe , and drink a bottle of ale , with a common soldier and his wife , in Long Acre , before he went to bed ; not from any remains of the lowness of his original , as one said , but ...
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... Bolingbroke , which Swift considered as the crime that obstructed all kindness from the House of Hanover . He did not , however , omit to improve the right which his office had given him to the notice of the royal family . On the ...
... Bolingbroke , which Swift considered as the crime that obstructed all kindness from the House of Hanover . He did not , however , omit to improve the right which his office had given him to the notice of the royal family . On the ...
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