Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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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 employment 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 employment of making treaties , was sent ( July , 1711 ) ...
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... known and esteemed , he was encouraged to add other poems to those which he had printed , and to publish them by subscription . The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of ...
... known and esteemed , he was encouraged to add other poems to those which he had printed , and to publish them by subscription . The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of ...
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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 Sabinus , a poet now little known PRIOR . 25.
... . 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 Sabinus , a poet now little known PRIOR . 25.
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... 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 moestus , ait ; summi conviva Tonantis Jam cum ...
... 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 moestus , ait ; summi conviva Tonantis Jam cum ...
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