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... began with the College exercise , and ended with the " Nutbrown Maid . " The Battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals , and it ...
... began with the College exercise , and ended with the " Nutbrown Maid . " The Battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals , and it ...
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... began at Utrecht on the 1st of January ( 1711-12 ) , and the English plenipotentiaries arrived on the 15th . The ministers of the different poten- tates conferred and conferred ; but the peace advanced s slowly that speedier methods ...
... began at Utrecht on the 1st of January ( 1711-12 ) , and the English plenipotentiaries arrived on the 15th . The ministers of the different poten- tates conferred and conferred ; but the peace advanced s slowly that speedier methods ...
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... began to expostulate with him for his harsh censure of a man who was confessedly the ornament of the stage . " I know all that , " says the ambassador , " mais il chante si haut , que je ne sçaurois vous entendre . " In a gay French ...
... began to expostulate with him for his harsh censure of a man who was confessedly the ornament of the stage . " I know all that , " says the ambassador , " mais il chante si haut , que je ne sçaurois vous entendre . " In a gay French ...
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... began the long - continued controversy between Collier and the poets . In the reign of Charles I. the Puritans had raised a violent clamour against the drama , which they considered as an entertainment not lawful to Christians , an ...
... began the long - continued controversy between Collier and the poets . In the reign of Charles I. the Puritans had raised a violent clamour against the drama , which they considered as an entertainment not lawful to Christians , an ...
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... so long been still , Began the swelling air with sighs to fill ; The water - nymphs , who motionless remained Like images of ice , while she complained , Now loosed their streams ; as when descending rains Roll CONGREVE . 39.
... so long been still , Began the swelling air with sighs to fill ; The water - nymphs , who motionless remained Like images of ice , while she complained , Now loosed their streams ; as when descending rains Roll CONGREVE . 39.
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