Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. 1 W 2 KING WILLIAM KING was born in London in 1663 , the son of Ezekiel King , a gentleman . He was allied to the family of Clarendon 2 . From Westminster - school , where he was a scholar on ...
Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. 1 W 2 KING WILLIAM KING was born in London in 1663 , the son of Ezekiel King , a gentleman . He was allied to the family of Clarendon 2 . From Westminster - school , where he was a scholar on ...
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... King soon found a friend as idle and thoughtless as himself in Upton , one of the judges , who had a pleasant house called Mountown , near Dublin , to which as in the ... King frequently retired ; delighting to neglect his interest , 28 KING.
... King soon found a friend as idle and thoughtless as himself in Upton , one of the judges , who had a pleasant house called Mountown , near Dublin , to which as in the ... King frequently retired ; delighting to neglect his interest , 28 KING.
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... King's Remains , p . 13. King and Savage had much in common . Post , SAVAGE , 335 . 2 Works , i . 211 ; iii . 203. ' He made it upon the happiness of being buried alive with Mully , the red cow that gave him milk ; which the critics ...
... King's Remains , p . 13. King and Savage had much in common . Post , SAVAGE , 335 . 2 Works , i . 211 ; iii . 203. ' He made it upon the happiness of being buried alive with Mully , the red cow that gave him milk ; which the critics ...
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