The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should 1 be added to those who are empowered to sign : the reason for which is , because ...
... mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should 1 be added to those who are empowered to sign : the reason for which is , because ...
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... modes of speech , makes his poem neither ancient nor mo- dern . His mention of Mars and Bellona , and his comparison of Marlborough to the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter , are all puerile and unaf- 18 PRIOR .
... modes of speech , makes his poem neither ancient nor mo- dern . His mention of Mars and Bellona , and his comparison of Marlborough to the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter , are all puerile and unaf- 18 PRIOR .
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... mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much regarded . Yet the ...
... mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much regarded . Yet the ...
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... mentioned him , with sharp censure , as a man that meanly disowned his native country . The biographers assign his nativity to Bardsa , near Leeds , in Yorkshire , from the account given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To ...
... mentioned him , with sharp censure , as a man that meanly disowned his native country . The biographers assign his nativity to Bardsa , near Leeds , in Yorkshire , from the account given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To ...
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... a year . His honours were yet far greater than his profits . Every writer mentioned him with respect ; and , among other testimonies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his Miscellany , and Pope in- 32 CONGREVE .
... a year . His honours were yet far greater than his profits . Every writer mentioned him with respect ; and , among other testimonies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his Miscellany , and Pope in- 32 CONGREVE .
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