The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... , and retained as He received , in September , 1697 , a present of 200 guineas from the lords justices , for his trouble in bringing over the treaty of peace . - N . much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet 4 PRIOR .
... , and retained as He received , in September , 1697 , a present of 200 guineas from the lords justices , for his trouble in bringing over the treaty of peace . - N . much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet 4 PRIOR .
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... received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have contradicted or explained away . The oath was ...
... received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have contradicted or explained away . The oath was ...
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... received from Dryden he did not lose ; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unnecessary severity , but uses triplets and Alexandrines with- out scruple . In his preface to " Solomon " he pro- poses some improvements , by ...
... received from Dryden he did not lose ; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unnecessary severity , but uses triplets and Alexandrines with- out scruple . In his preface to " Solomon " he pro- poses some improvements , by ...
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... received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that sta- tioned him in Ireland ; but , after having passed through the usual preparatory ...
... received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that sta- tioned him in Ireland ; but , after having passed through the usual preparatory ...
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... received with so little favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased to the public ; he lived for ...
... received with so little favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased to the public ; he lived for ...
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