The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign : the reason for which is , because he , having personally treated with ...
... letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign : the reason for which is , because he , having personally treated with ...
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... letter to the 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 ...
... letter to the 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 ...
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... letter to Swift , " I have , says he , " treated Lady Harriot at Cambridge ( a fellow of a college treat ! ) and spoke verses to her in a gown and cap ! What , the pleni- potentiary , so far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht the ...
... letter to Swift , " I have , says he , " treated Lady Harriot at Cambridge ( a fellow of a college treat ! ) and spoke verses to her in a gown and cap ! What , the pleni- potentiary , so far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht the ...
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... letters . Molineux is parti- cularly delighted with the song of Mapas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that what " raises the hero often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be said , that ...
... letters . Molineux is parti- cularly delighted with the song of Mapas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that what " raises the hero often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be said , that ...
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... Letters , that " he died of indolence ; " but his immediate distemper was the gout . Of his morals and his conversation the account is uniform : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree amiable ...
... Letters , that " he died of indolence ; " but his immediate distemper was the gout . Of his morals and his conversation the account is uniform : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree amiable ...
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