The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of verses omitted ...
... Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of verses omitted ...
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... Queen grew weary of her ministers . The war was burdensome , and the ministers were insolent . Harley and his friends began to hope that they might , by driving the whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the ...
... Queen grew weary of her ministers . The war was burdensome , and the ministers were insolent . Harley and his friends began to hope that they might , by driving the whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the ...
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... Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( Sep- tember 20 , 1711 ) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance of Prior appears from the mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved ...
... Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( Sep- tember 20 , 1711 ) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance of Prior appears from the mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved ...
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... Queen's orders , the court of France had been disgusted ; and 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 ...
... Queen's orders , the court of France had been disgusted ; and 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 ...
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... Queen , written in fa- vour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . " And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris ...
... Queen , written in fa- vour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . " And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris ...
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The Lives Of The English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore And Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2005 |
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