The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... 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 verses ...
... 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 verses ...
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... Queen Anne's reign was a time of war , which there was little employment for negotiators , and Prior had therefore leisure to make or to polish verses . When the battle of Blenheim called forth all the versemen , Prior , among the rest ...
... Queen Anne's reign was a time of war , which there was little employment for negotiators , and Prior had therefore leisure to make or to polish verses . When the battle of Blenheim called forth all the versemen , Prior , among the rest ...
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... Queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and shew ... Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( September 20 , 1711 ) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance ...
... Queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and shew ... Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( September 20 , 1711 ) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance ...
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... Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to ... Queen's orders , the court of France had been disgusted ; and Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the ...
... Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to ... Queen's orders , the court of France had been disgusted ; and Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the ...
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... Queen , written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . ' And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris ...
... Queen , written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . ' And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris ...
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