“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... court of France , where he is said to have been con- sidered with great distinction . As he was one day surveying the apartments at Versailles , being shewn the victories of Louis , painted by Le Brun , and asked whether the King of ...
... court of France , where he is said to have been con- sidered with great distinction . As he was one day surveying the apartments at Versailles , being shewn the victories of Louis , painted by Le Brun , and asked whether the King of ...
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... court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and shew the waste of public money , the unreason- able conduct of the allies , the ...
... court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and shew the waste of public money , the unreason- able conduct of the allies , the ...
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... court of France had been disgusted ; and Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not ...
... court of France had been disgusted ; and Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not ...
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... court . Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of versifi- cation . " Mariamne " is written in lines of ten syllables , with few of those redundant terminations which the drama not only admits , but requires , as more nearly ...
... court . Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of versifi- cation . " Mariamne " is written in lines of ten syllables , with few of those redundant terminations which the drama not only admits , but requires , as more nearly ...
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... court of Hanover . This was a station that naturally gave him hopes of kindness from every party ; but the Queen's death put an end to her favours , and he had dedicated his " Shepherd's Week " to Bolingbroke , which Swift considered as ...
... court of Hanover . This was a station that naturally gave him hopes of kindness from every party ; but the Queen's death put an end to her favours , and he had dedicated his " Shepherd's Week " to Bolingbroke , which Swift considered as ...
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