“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... death , into the hands of his uncle , a vintner , near Charing Cross , who sent him for some time to Dr. Busby , at Westminster ; but , not intending to give him any education beyond that of the school , took him , when he was well ...
... death , into the hands of his uncle , a vintner , near Charing Cross , who sent him for some time to Dr. Busby , at Westminster ; but , not intending to give him any education beyond that of the school , took him , when he was well ...
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... death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically at- tended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and de- prived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of ...
... death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically at- tended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and de- prived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of ...
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... death . — ' Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile , Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads , To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof , By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable , Looking tranquillity ...
... death . — ' Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile , Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads , To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof , By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable , Looking tranquillity ...
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... death by Mr. White , of Nayland , in Essex , the minister who attended his death - bed , and testified the fervent piety of his last hours . He died on the eighth of October , 1729 . 99 BLACKMORE , by the unremitted enmity of the wits ...
... death by Mr. White , of Nayland , in Essex , the minister who attended his death - bed , and testified the fervent piety of his last hours . He died on the eighth of October , 1729 . 99 BLACKMORE , by the unremitted enmity of the wits ...
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... death . By Beccles Bag . Dr Sir , To the Revd . Mr. BROOME Pulham , near Harlestone Nor Suffolke . I INTENDED to write to you on this melancholy subject , the death of Mr. Fenton , before yrs came ; but stay'd to have in- formed myself ...
... death . By Beccles Bag . Dr Sir , To the Revd . Mr. BROOME Pulham , near Harlestone Nor Suffolke . I INTENDED to write to you on this melancholy subject , the death of Mr. Fenton , before yrs came ; but stay'd to have in- formed myself ...
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