The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... ENGLISH POETS BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . 2 . LEIPZIG : BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ . PARIS : 0. LIBRAIRIE NOUVELLE is published with COULEURS J.F.VIAL 16 Rue d'Antibes CANNES PAPETERIE DE LUXE DESSIN ES SAINTS PÈRES : al ...
... ENGLISH POETS BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . 2 . LEIPZIG : BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ . PARIS : 0. LIBRAIRIE NOUVELLE is published with COULEURS J.F.VIAL 16 Rue d'Antibes CANNES PAPETERIE DE LUXE DESSIN ES SAINTS PÈRES : al ...
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... English language , but fills a great part of the " Musæ Anglicans . " Prior , who was both a poet and a courtier , was too diligent to miss this opportunity of respect . He wrote a long ode , which was presented to the King , by whom it ...
... English language , but fills a great part of the " Musæ Anglicans . " Prior , who was both a poet and a courtier , was too diligent to miss this opportunity of respect . He wrote a long ode , which was presented to the King , by whom it ...
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... English Language , " then lately pub- lished . 66 In the parliament that met in 1701 he was chosen repre- sentative of East Grinstead . Perhaps it was about this time that he changed his party ; for he voted for the impeachment of those ...
... English Language , " then lately pub- lished . 66 In the parliament that met in 1701 he was chosen repre- sentative of East Grinstead . Perhaps it was about this time that he changed his party ; for he voted for the impeachment of those ...
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... English plenipotentiaries arrived on the fifteenth . The ministers of the different potentates conferred and conferred ; but the peace advanced so slowly , that speedier methods were found necessary , and Bolingbroke was sent to Paris ...
... English plenipotentiaries arrived on the fifteenth . The ministers of the different potentates conferred and conferred ; but the peace advanced so slowly , that speedier methods were found necessary , and Bolingbroke was sent to Paris ...
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