The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... of his birth . -Dr . J. + Samuel Prior kept the Rummer Tavern , near Charing Cross , in 1685. The annual feast of the nobility and gentry living in the parish of St. B. VOL . II . Charing Cross , who sent him for some time to PRIOR.
... of his birth . -Dr . J. + Samuel Prior kept the Rummer Tavern , near Charing Cross , in 1685. The annual feast of the nobility and gentry living in the parish of St. B. VOL . II . Charing Cross , who sent him for some time to PRIOR.
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Samuel Johnson. Charing Cross , who sent him for some time to Dr. Busby , at Westminster ; but , not intending to give him any education beyond that of the school , took him , when he was well advanced in literature , to his own house ...
Samuel Johnson. Charing Cross , who sent him for some time to Dr. Busby , at Westminster ; but , not intending to give him any education beyond that of the school , took him , when he was well advanced in literature , to his own house ...
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... sent to the Congress at the Hague as secre- tary to the embassy . In this assembly of princes and nobles , to which Europe has perhaps scarcely seen any thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not ...
... sent to the Congress at the Hague as secre- tary to the embassy . In this assembly of princes and nobles , to which Europe has perhaps scarcely seen any thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not ...
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... sent ( July , 1711 ) privately to Paris with propositions of peace . He was remembered at the French court ; and , returning in about a month , brought with him the Abbe Gualtier , and Mr. Mes- nager , a minister from France , invested ...
... sent ( July , 1711 ) privately to Paris with propositions of peace . He was remembered at the French court ; and , returning in about a month , brought with him the Abbe Gualtier , and Mr. Mes- nager , a minister from France , invested ...
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... sent to Paris to adjust differences with less formality : Prior either accompanied him or followed him , and , after his departure , had the appointments and authority of an ambassador , though no public character . By some mistake of ...
... sent to Paris to adjust differences with less formality : Prior either accompanied him or followed him , and , after his departure , had the appointments and authority of an ambassador , though no public character . By some mistake of ...
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