Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... Lord Tyrconnel , for which he could not but heartily ask his pardon ; and as he imagined Lord Tyrconnel's passion might be yet so high , that he would not receive a letter from him , ' begged that Sir William would endeavour to soften ...
... Lord Tyrconnel , for which he could not but heartily ask his pardon ; and as he imagined Lord Tyrconnel's passion might be yet so high , that he would not receive a letter from him , ' begged that Sir William would endeavour to soften ...
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... Lord Oxford and Lord Bolingbroke , who began to look on one another with malevolence , which every day in- creased , and which Bolingbroke appeared to retain in his last years . Swift contrived an interview from which they both departed ...
... Lord Oxford and Lord Bolingbroke , who began to look on one another with malevolence , which every day in- creased , and which Bolingbroke appeared to retain in his last years . Swift contrived an interview from which they both departed ...
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... ( Lord ) , 10 , 14 . Ancient Law , 3 , 13 , Eighteenth - Century Comedies , 6 . Apocrypha , The ( Revised Ver- Eliot ( George ) , 8 . sion ) , 13 . Elizabethan Comedies , 3 , 6 . Aristophanes , 5 . Emerson ( R. W. ) , 7 . Arnold ( Matthew ) ...
... ( Lord ) , 10 , 14 . Ancient Law , 3 , 13 , Eighteenth - Century Comedies , 6 . Apocrypha , The ( Revised Ver- Eliot ( George ) , 8 . sion ) , 13 . Elizabethan Comedies , 3 , 6 . Aristophanes , 5 . Emerson ( R. W. ) , 7 . Arnold ( Matthew ) ...
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