“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr ... Bolingbroke was sent to Paris to adjust differences with less formality ... Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakedness of thy country ...
... Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr ... Bolingbroke was sent to Paris to adjust differences with less formality ... Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakedness of thy country ...
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... Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you : make use of it , once for all , upon ... Lord Coningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lechmere , were the principal interro- gators ; who , in this examination ...
... Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you : make use of it , once for all , upon ... Lord Coningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lechmere , were the principal interro- gators ; who , in this examination ...
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... Lord Granville of Potheridge , had lately become extinct . Being now high in ... Bolingbroke , he was , after the insurrection in Scotland , seized Sept. 26 ... Lord Clarendon has shewn in a form very unamiable . So much is urged in this ...
... Lord Granville of Potheridge , had lately become extinct . Being now high in ... Bolingbroke , he was , after the insurrection in Scotland , seized Sept. 26 ... Lord Clarendon has shewn in a form very unamiable . So much is urged in this ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke , whom he mentions with great regard in an " Epistle upon Authors , " which he wrote about that time , but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments Johnson's Lives . II , 9 have appeared , inserted by ...
... Lord Bolingbroke , whom he mentions with great regard in an " Epistle upon Authors , " which he wrote about that time , but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments Johnson's Lives . II , 9 have appeared , inserted by ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke , who began to look on one another with malevolence , which every day increased , and which Bolingbroke appeared to retain in his last years . Swift contrived an interview , from which they both de- parted discontented ...
... Lord Bolingbroke , who began to look on one another with malevolence , which every day increased , and which Bolingbroke appeared to retain in his last years . Swift contrived an interview , from which they both de- parted discontented ...
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