The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... perhaps willing enough to leave his birth unsettled , in hope , like Don Quixote , that the historian of his actions might find him some illustrious alliance . He is supposed to have fallen , by his father's death , into the hands of ...
... perhaps willing enough to leave his birth unsettled , in hope , like Don Quixote , that the historian of his actions might find him some illustrious alliance . He is supposed to have fallen , by his father's death , into the hands of ...
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... perhaps scarcely seen any thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not produce ef- fects proportionate to the magnificence of the trans- action . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into ...
... perhaps scarcely seen any thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not produce ef- fects proportionate to the magnificence of the trans- action . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into ...
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... in 1701 he was chosen representative of East Grinstead . Perhaps it was about this time that he changed his party ; for he voted for the impeachment of those lords who had persuaded the King to the Partition - treaty , a PRIOR .
... in 1701 he was chosen representative of East Grinstead . Perhaps it was about this time that he changed his party ; for he voted for the impeachment of those lords who had persuaded the King to the Partition - treaty , a PRIOR .
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... perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate , and ran away ; as was related by a woman who had been his servant . Of this propensity to sor- did converse I have seen an account so seriously ridiculous , that it ...
... perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate , and ran away ; as was related by a woman who had been his servant . Of this propensity to sor- did converse I have seen an account so seriously ridiculous , that it ...
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... perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently im- perfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of cri- ticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false , and some- times common . In his verses ...
... perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently im- perfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of cri- ticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false , and some- times common . In his verses ...
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