The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... known the Author either by conjecture or intelligence . The tories , who were now in power , were in haste to end the war ; and Prior , being recalled ( 1710 ) to his former em- ployment of making treaties , was sent ( July , 1711 ) ...
... known the Author either by conjecture or intelligence . The tories , who were now in power , were in haste to end the war ; and Prior , being recalled ( 1710 ) to his former em- ployment of making treaties , was sent ( July , 1711 ) ...
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... known . He was not afraid of provoking censure ; for , when he forsook the whigs , under whose patronage he first entered the world , he became a tory so ardent and determinate , that he did not willingly consort with men of different ...
... known . He was not afraid of provoking censure ; for , when he forsook the whigs , under whose patronage he first entered the world , he became a tory so ardent and determinate , that he did not willingly consort with men of different ...
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... The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabi nus , a poet now little known or read , 16 PRIOR .
... The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabi nus , a poet now little known or read , 16 PRIOR .
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Samuel Johnson. nus , a poet now little known or read , though once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : De Sacerdote Furem consolante . Quidam sacrificus furem comitatus euntem Huc ubi dat sontes carnificina neci , Ne sis mœstus , ait ...
Samuel Johnson. nus , a poet now little known or read , though once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : De Sacerdote Furem consolante . Quidam sacrificus furem comitatus euntem Huc ubi dat sontes carnificina neci , Ne sis mœstus , ait ...
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... known ; if the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by himself , that he owed his nativity to England , and by every body else , that he was born in Ireland . Southern mentioned him ...
... known ; if the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by himself , that he owed his nativity to England , and by every body else , that he was born in Ireland . Southern mentioned him ...
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