Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... says Boswell , con amore , ' both from the early possession which that writer had taken of his mind , and from the ... say , ' Sir , a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to ...
... says Boswell , con amore , ' both from the early possession which that writer had taken of his mind , and from the ... say , ' Sir , a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to ...
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... say that he was the son of a joiner of London : he was perhaps willing enough to leave his birth unsettled , in hope , like Don Quixote , that the historian of his actions might find him some illustrious alliance . He is supposed to ...
... say that he was the son of a joiner of London : he was perhaps willing enough to leave his birth unsettled , in hope , like Don Quixote , that the historian of his actions might find him some illustrious alliance . He is supposed to ...
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... say that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating King William he followed his inclination . To Prior , gratitude would dictate praise , which reason would not refuse . Among the advantages to arise ...
... say that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating King William he followed his inclination . To Prior , gratitude would dictate praise , which reason would not refuse . Among the advantages to arise ...
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... says in his letter , " Dear Mat , -Hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets ...
... says in his letter , " Dear Mat , -Hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets ...
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... says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . " And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris , Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : - " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you ...
... says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . " And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris , Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : - " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you ...
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