The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house ? He told them , that either the Earl of Oxford or the Duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them ...
... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house ? He told them , that either the Earl of Oxford or the Duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them ...
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... present moment . What Horace said , when he imitated Lucilius , might be said of Butler by Prior ; his numbers were not smooth or neat . Prior excelled him in versification : but he was , like Horace , inventore minor : he had not ...
... present moment . What Horace said , when he imitated Lucilius , might be said of Butler by Prior ; his numbers were not smooth or neat . Prior excelled him in versification : but he was , like Horace , inventore minor : he had not ...
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... present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but King William was not very studious of poetry ; and Blackmore perhaps had other merit , for he says , in his dedication to ...
... present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but King William was not very studious of poetry ; and Blackmore perhaps had other merit , for he says , in his dedication to ...
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... dead - born from the press . " It is never mentioned , and was never seen by me till I borrowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and revised for another impression ; " but the labour of 34 BLACKMORE .
... dead - born from the press . " It is never mentioned , and was never seen by me till I borrowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and revised for another impression ; " but the labour of 34 BLACKMORE .
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... present from young Craggs of some South - sea stock , and once supposed himself to be master of twenty thousand pounds . His friends persuaded him to sell his share ; but he dreamed of dignity and splendour , and could not bear to ...
... present from young Craggs of some South - sea stock , and once supposed himself to be master of twenty thousand pounds . His friends persuaded him to sell his share ; but he dreamed of dignity and splendour , and could not bear to ...
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