The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monsieur . de Torcy has a confidence in you : make use of it , once for all ... Lord Co- ningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lechmere , were 1715 , the principal interrogators ; who , in this ...
... Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monsieur . de Torcy has a confidence in you : make use of it , once for all ... Lord Co- ningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lechmere , were 1715 , the principal interrogators ; who , in this ...
Page 83
... Lord Granville of Potheridge , had lately become extinct . Being now high in the Queen's favour , he ( 1712 ) was ... Bolingbroke , he was , after the insurrection in Scot- land , seized Sept. 26 , 1715 , as a suspected man , and ...
... Lord Granville of Potheridge , had lately become extinct . Being now high in the Queen's favour , he ( 1712 ) was ... Bolingbroke , he was , after the insurrection in Scot- land , seized Sept. 26 , 1715 , as a suspected man , and ...
Page 167
... Lord Bolingbroke , whom he mentions with great regard in an " Epistle upon Authors , " which he wrote about that time , but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments have appeared , in- serted by him in the Magazine ...
... Lord Bolingbroke , whom he mentions with great regard in an " Epistle upon Authors , " which he wrote about that time , but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments have appeared , in- serted by him in the Magazine ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke , who began to look on one another with malevolence , which every day increased , and which Bolingbroke appeared to retain in his last years . Swift contrived an interview , from which they both departed discontented ...
... Lord Bolingbroke , who began to look on one another with malevolence , which every day increased , and which Bolingbroke appeared to retain in his last years . Swift contrived an interview , from which they both departed discontented ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke to pass the winter with him in France , but this call of calamity hastened him to Ireland , where perhaps his presence contributed to restore her to imperfect and tottering health . He was now so much at ease , that ...
... Lord Bolingbroke to pass the winter with him in France , but this call of calamity hastened him to Ireland , where perhaps his presence contributed to restore her to imperfect and tottering health . He was now so much at ease , that ...
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