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... poetry entitled him to the company the wits of his time , and the amiableness of his manners made him loved whenever he was known . Of his friendship to Southern and Pope there are lasting monuments . He published in 1707 a collection ...
... poetry entitled him to the company the wits of his time , and the amiableness of his manners made him loved whenever he was known . Of his friendship to Southern and Pope there are lasting monuments . He published in 1707 a collection ...
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... poetry . For this , if it had been real , he would deserve no commenda- tion : and in this he was certainly not sincere , for his high value of himself was sufficiently observed ; and of what could he be proud but of his poetry ? He ...
... poetry . For this , if it had been real , he would deserve no commenda- tion : and in this he was certainly not sincere , for his high value of himself was sufficiently observed ; and of what could he be proud but of his poetry ? He ...
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... poetry , and sent into the world " Imperium Pelagi : a Naval Lyric , written in Imitation of Pindar's Spirit , occasioned by his Majesty's Re- turn from Hanover , September , 1729 , and the succeeding Peace . " It is inscribed to the ...
... poetry , and sent into the world " Imperium Pelagi : a Naval Lyric , written in Imitation of Pindar's Spirit , occasioned by his Majesty's Re- turn from Hanover , September , 1729 , and the succeeding Peace . " It is inscribed to the ...
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