Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... less conversant with that family . The same year he published " The City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ridicule Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered , and of tears ...
... less conversant with that family . The same year he published " The City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ridicule Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered , and of tears ...
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... less formidable rivals , and it would be not easy to name any other composition produced by that event which is now remembered . Everything has its day . Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed undignified by ...
... less formidable rivals , and it would be not easy to name any other composition produced by that event which is now remembered . Everything has its day . Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed undignified by ...
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... less formality . Prior either accompanied him or followed him , and after his departure had the appointments and authority of an ambassador , though no public character . By some mistake of the queen's orders the court of France had ...
... less formality . Prior either accompanied him or followed him , and after his departure had the appointments and authority of an ambassador , though no public character . By some mistake of the queen's orders the court of France had ...
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... less tedious by writing his " Alma . " He was , however , soon after discharged . He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . Whatever the profit of his employments might have been , he had always spent it ; and at the age of ...
... less tedious by writing his " Alma . " He was , however , soon after discharged . He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . Whatever the profit of his employments might have been , he had always spent it ; and at the age of ...
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... less qualified for business than Addison him- self . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degra- dation by the sense of his own incapacity ; Prior , who was employed by men ...
... less qualified for business than Addison him- self . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degra- dation by the sense of his own incapacity ; Prior , who was employed by men ...
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