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In 1702 he published , on the death of king William , a Pindarick ode called The House of Nassau ?, and wrote another paraphrase on the Otium Divos of Horace 3 . 6 In 1703 his Ode on Musick * was performed at Stationers ' Hall ; and he ...
In 1702 he published , on the death of king William , a Pindarick ode called The House of Nassau ?, and wrote another paraphrase on the Otium Divos of Horace 3 . 6 In 1703 his Ode on Musick * was performed at Stationers ' Hall ; and he ...
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For this purpose a paper called The Examiner was periodically 22 published , written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swifts ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's ...
For this purpose a paper called The Examiner was periodically 22 published , written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swifts ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's ...
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... and as being called to his trial instead of receiving a reward . ' His crime was for being a felon in verse , And presenting his theft to the king ; The first was a trick not uncommon or scarce , But the last was an impudent thing ...
... and as being called to his trial instead of receiving a reward . ' His crime was for being a felon in verse , And presenting his theft to the king ; The first was a trick not uncommon or scarce , But the last was an impudent thing ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage Volume 2 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Octagon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2008 |
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