Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... King William supplied copious materials for either verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the re- splendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he ...
... King William supplied copious materials for either verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the re- splendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he ...
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... King's religion was insinuated or obtruded . He endeavoured to be true at once to the King and to the Church . Of this regulated loyalty he has transmitted to posterity a sufficient proof , in the letter which he wrote to his father ...
... King's religion was insinuated or obtruded . He endeavoured to be true at once to the King and to the Church . Of this regulated loyalty he has transmitted to posterity a sufficient proof , in the letter which he wrote to his father ...
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... King William , a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the posthumous works with which he was intrusted ; but neither the ...
... King William , a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the posthumous works with which he was intrusted ; but neither the ...
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