Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... pleased with his proficiency , that he undertook the care and cost of his academical educa- tion . He entered his name in St. John's College , at Cambridge , in 1682 , in his eighteenth year ; and it may be reasonably supposed that he ...
... pleased with his proficiency , that he undertook the care and cost of his academical educa- tion . He entered his name in St. John's College , at Cambridge , in 1682 , in his eighteenth year ; and it may be reasonably supposed that he ...
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... pleased , against their will . But though taste is obstinate , it is very variable , and time often prevails when arguments have failed . Queen Mary conferred upon both those plays the honour of her presence ; and when she died soon ...
... pleased , against their will . But though taste is obstinate , it is very variable , and time often prevails when arguments have failed . Queen Mary conferred upon both those plays the honour of her presence ; and when she died soon ...
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... pleased himself with having seen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the ...
... pleased himself with having seen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the ...
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... pleased with himself easily imagines that he shall please others . Sir William Trumbull , who had been Ambassador at Constantinople , and Secretary of State , when he retired from business , fixed his residence in the neighbourhood of ...
... pleased with himself easily imagines that he shall please others . Sir William Trumbull , who had been Ambassador at Constantinople , and Secretary of State , when he retired from business , fixed his residence in the neighbourhood of ...
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... pleased with them , and cried out , Ay , now they are perfectly right ; nothing can be better . ' " 6 It is seldom that the great or the wise suspect that they are despised or cheated . Halifax , thinking this a lucky opportunity of ...
... pleased with them , and cried out , Ay , now they are perfectly right ; nothing can be better . ' " 6 It is seldom that the great or the wise suspect that they are despised or cheated . Halifax , thinking this a lucky opportunity of ...
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