Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... March 11. Phaedra and Hippolytus . 50 os . od . ' Nichols's Lit. Anec . viii . 301. ] 6 ... Post , HALIFAX , II . Prior wrote to Hanmer on June 24 , 1707 : - ' Phaedra is a prostitute , and Smith's dedication is nonsence - people do me ...
... March 11. Phaedra and Hippolytus . 50 os . od . ' Nichols's Lit. Anec . viii . 301. ] 6 ... Post , HALIFAX , II . Prior wrote to Hanmer on June 24 , 1707 : - ' Phaedra is a prostitute , and Smith's dedication is nonsence - people do me ...
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... March 19 , 1714-15 , the death of ' my great and good friend , Mr. John Urry , student of Christ Church . He bore arms against Monmouth in the rebellion called Monmouth's re- bellion , as several other Oxford scholars did . He was a ...
... March 19 , 1714-15 , the death of ' my great and good friend , Mr. John Urry , student of Christ Church . He bore arms against Monmouth in the rebellion called Monmouth's re- bellion , as several other Oxford scholars did . He was a ...
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... March 26 , 1689 , says he had written the Ac- count at the request , or rather the command , of King Charles II , ' and that he was over persuaded . ' continues : - ' I lamented my Lord Russell's fall , after I was fully con- vinced by ...
... March 26 , 1689 , says he had written the Ac- count at the request , or rather the command , of King Charles II , ' and that he was over persuaded . ' continues : - ' I lamented my Lord Russell's fall , after I was fully con- vinced by ...
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... March 1691-2 . Macaulay's Hist . vi . 191. Lady M. W. Montagu wrote in 1714 : — ' No modest man ever did , or ever will , make his fortune . Your friend , Lord Halifax , R. Wal- pole , and all other remarkable in- stances of quick ...
... March 1691-2 . Macaulay's Hist . vi . 191. Lady M. W. Montagu wrote in 1714 : — ' No modest man ever did , or ever will , make his fortune . Your friend , Lord Halifax , R. Wal- pole , and all other remarkable in- stances of quick ...
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... March . Parl . Hist . vi . 809 , 825. Ante , DRYDEN , 109 ; KING , 13 ; SPRAT , 17 ;, ' Afterwards George II . Schutz , the Elector's envoy , was prompted to ask for this at a meeting of Whig Lords at Halifax's house on April 10 , 1714 ...
... March . Parl . Hist . vi . 809 , 825. Ante , DRYDEN , 109 ; KING , 13 ; SPRAT , 17 ;, ' Afterwards George II . Schutz , the Elector's envoy , was prompted to ask for this at a meeting of Whig Lords at Halifax's house on April 10 , 1714 ...
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