The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous ... seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the performance was the best . He had not , however , much ...
... seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous ... seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the performance was the best . He had not , however , much ...
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... seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have contra- dicted or explained away . The oath was administered by Boscawen , a ...
... seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have contra- dicted or explained away . The oath was administered by Boscawen , a ...
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... seems to have adhered , not only by concurrence of political designs , but by peculiar affection , to the Earl of Oxford and his family . With how much confidence he was trusted has been already told . He was , however , in Pope's ...
... seems to have adhered , not only by concurrence of political designs , but by peculiar affection , to the Earl of Oxford and his family . With how much confidence he was trusted has been already told . He was , however , in Pope's ...
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... seems to deserve insertion . " I have been assured that Prior , after having spent the evening with Oxford , Bolingbroke , Pope , and Swift , would go and smoke a pipe , and drink a bottle of ale , with a common soldier and his wife ...
... seems to deserve insertion . " I have been assured that Prior , after having spent the evening with Oxford , Bolingbroke , Pope , and Swift , would go and smoke a pipe , and drink a bottle of ale , with a common soldier and his wife ...
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... seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . PRIOR has written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from the grotesque to the solemn , and ...
... seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . PRIOR has written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from the grotesque to the solemn , and ...
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