The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... called , at his admission by the President , Matthew Prior , of Winburn , in Middlesex ; by himself , next day , Matthew Prior , of Dorsetshire , in which county , not in Middlesex , Winborn , or Winborne , as it stands in the Villare ...
... called , at his admission by the President , Matthew Prior , of Winburn , in Middlesex ; by himself , next day , Matthew Prior , of Dorsetshire , in which county , not in Middlesex , Winborn , or Winborne , as it stands in the Villare ...
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... called forth all the versemen , Prior , among the rest , took care to shew his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an Epistle to Boileau . He published soon afterwards a volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of ...
... called forth all the versemen , Prior , among the rest , took care to shew his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an Epistle to Boileau . He published soon afterwards a volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of ...
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... called " The Examiner ' ' was periodically published , written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin ...
... called " The Examiner ' ' was periodically published , written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin ...
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... called , and very decently asked by Coningsby , " if his house was secured by bars and bolts The messenger answered , " No ! " with astonish- ment . At which Coningsby very angrily said , " Sir , you must secure this prisoner ; it is ...
... called , and very decently asked by Coningsby , " if his house was secured by bars and bolts The messenger answered , " No ! " with astonish- ment . At which Coningsby very angrily said , " Sir , you must secure this prisoner ; it is ...
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... called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more rigid stateliness than graceful dignity . Of versification he was not ...
... called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more rigid stateliness than graceful dignity . Of versification he was not ...
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