Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... printed an account not unentertaining , behaved with the boisterousness of men elated by recent authority . They are represented as asking questions sometimes vague , sometimes insidious , and writing answers different from those which ...
... printed an account not unentertaining , behaved with the boisterousness of men elated by recent authority . They are represented as asking questions sometimes vague , sometimes insidious , and writing answers different from those which ...
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... At which Coningsby very angrily said , " Sir , you must secure this prisoner ; it is for the safety of the nation : if he escape , you shall answer for it . " They had already printed their report ; and in this PRIOR . 15.
... At which Coningsby very angrily said , " Sir , you must secure this prisoner ; it is for the safety of the nation : if he escape , you shall answer for it . " They had already printed their report ; and in this PRIOR . 15.
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... printed , and to publish them by subscription . The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some who , it is said , withheld the money from him lest he should squander it ...
... printed , and to publish them by subscription . The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some who , it is said , withheld the money from him lest he should squander it ...
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... printed " Letters . " Molyneux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that " what raises the hero , often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be ...
... printed " Letters . " Molyneux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that " what raises the hero , often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be ...
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... printed after his death by Mr. White of Nayland , in Essex , the minister who attended his death - bed , and testified the fervent piety of his last hours . He died on the 8th of October , 1729 . Blackmore , by the unremitted enmity of ...
... printed after his death by Mr. White of Nayland , in Essex , the minister who attended his death - bed , and testified the fervent piety of his last hours . He died on the 8th of October , 1729 . Blackmore , by the unremitted enmity of ...
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