The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... Lady Harriot at Cambridge ( a fellow of a college treat ! ) and spoke verses to her in a gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , so far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht - the man that makes up half the volume of terse prose ...
... Lady Harriot at Cambridge ( a fellow of a college treat ! ) and spoke verses to her in a gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , so far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht - the man that makes up half the volume of terse prose ...
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... lady that sat next him , he produced these extem- porary lines : Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux ; Et je suis triste quand je crie , Bannissons la Melancholie . Tradition represents him as willing to ...
... lady that sat next him , he produced these extem- porary lines : Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux ; Et je suis triste quand je crie , Bannissons la Melancholie . Tradition represents him as willing to ...
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... lady's constancy , is such as must end either in infamy to her , or in disappointment to himself . His Occasional Poems necessarily lost part of their value , as their occasions , being less remem- bered , raised less emotion . Some of ...
... lady's constancy , is such as must end either in infamy to her , or in disappointment to himself . His Occasional Poems necessarily lost part of their value , as their occasions , being less remem- bered , raised less emotion . Some of ...
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... Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's Ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ; and the most striking ...
... Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's Ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ; and the most striking ...
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... lady afterwards de- tained him with her as the auditor of her ac- compts . He often wandered to London , and amused himself with the conversation of his friends . He died , in 1730 , at Easthamstead in Berkshire , the seat of Lady ...
... lady afterwards de- tained him with her as the auditor of her ac- compts . He often wandered to London , and amused himself with the conversation of his friends . He died , in 1730 , at Easthamstead in Berkshire , the seat of Lady ...
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