The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... King Wil liam , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is supposed to have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a ...
... King Wil liam , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is supposed to have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a ...
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... King , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another em- bassy , at the treaty of Ryswick ( in 1697 * ) ; and next year had the same office at the court of France , where he is said to have been ...
... King , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another em- bassy , at the treaty of Ryswick ( in 1697 * ) ; and next year had the same office at the court of France , where he is said to have been ...
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... King William sup- plied copious materials for either verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady re- solution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what ...
... King William sup- plied copious materials for either verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady re- solution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what ...
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Samuel Johnson. persuaded the King to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himself been ministerially em ployed . A great part of Queen Anne's reign was a time or war , in which there was little employment for ne- gotiators ...
Samuel Johnson. persuaded the King to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himself been ministerially em ployed . A great part of Queen Anne's reign was a time or war , in which there was little employment for ne- gotiators ...
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... King are now perused only by young students , who read . merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise or censure it by caprice , without dan- ger of detection ; for who ...
... King are now perused only by young students , who read . merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise or censure it by caprice , without dan- ger of detection ; for who ...
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