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... written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and ...
... written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and ...
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... written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria , " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr ... writing answers different from those which they received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their ...
... written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria , " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr ... writing answers different from those which they received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their ...
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... written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from the grotesque to the solemn , and has not so failed in any as to incur derision or disgrace . " Alma and His works may be distinctly ...
... written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from the grotesque to the solemn , and has not so failed in any as to incur derision or disgrace . " Alma and His works may be distinctly ...
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... written so much and translated so little : the version of Callimachus is sufficiently licentious ; the paraphrase on St. Paul's Exhortation to Charity is eminently beautiful . " Alma " is written in professed imitation of " Hudibras ...
... written so much and translated so little : the version of Callimachus is sufficiently licentious ; the paraphrase on St. Paul's Exhortation to Charity is eminently beautiful . " Alma " is written in professed imitation of " Hudibras ...
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... . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabi- nus , a poet now little known or read , 16 PRIOR .
... . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabi- nus , a poet now little known or read , 16 PRIOR .
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