The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... soon made commissioner of trade . This year ( 1700 ) produced one of his longest and most splendid compositions , the " Carmen Secu- lare , " in which he exhausts all his powers of cele- bration . I mean not to accuse him of flattery he ...
... soon made commissioner of trade . This year ( 1700 ) produced one of his longest and most splendid compositions , the " Carmen Secu- lare , " in which he exhausts all his powers of cele- bration . I mean not to accuse him of flattery he ...
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... soon afterwards a volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased pa- tron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the Col- lege Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ...
... soon afterwards a volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased pa- tron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the Col- lege Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ...
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... soon released . The negotiation was begun at Prior's house , where the Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( Sep- tember 20 , 1711 ) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance of Prior appears from the mention made of ...
... soon released . The negotiation was begun at Prior's house , where the Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( Sep- tember 20 , 1711 ) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance of Prior appears from the mention made of ...
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... Soon after , the Duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to Paris . It is related by Boyer , that the intention was to have joined Prior in the commission , but that Shrewsbury refused to be as- sociated with a man so meanly born ...
... Soon after , the Duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to Paris . It is related by Boyer , that the intention was to have joined Prior in the commission , but that Shrewsbury refused to be as- sociated with a man so meanly born ...
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... soon after discharged . He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . Whatever the profit of his employments might have been , he had always spent it ; and at the age of fifty - three was , with all his abilities , in danger of ...
... soon after discharged . He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . Whatever the profit of his employments might have been , he had always spent it ; and at the age of fifty - three was , with all his abilities , in danger of ...
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