Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 126
... Lord Tyrconnel and Mr. Savage assigned very different reasons , which might per- haps all in reality concur , though they were not all convenient to be alleged by either party . Lord Tyrconnel affirmed , that it was the constant ...
... Lord Tyrconnel and Mr. Savage assigned very different reasons , which might per- haps all in reality concur , though they were not all convenient to be alleged by either party . Lord Tyrconnel affirmed , that it was the constant ...
Page 163
... Lord Tyrconnel , he could by no means be pre- vailed upon to comply with the measures that were proposed . A letter was written for him to Sir William Lemon , to prevail upon him to interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel , in ...
... Lord Tyrconnel , he could by no means be pre- vailed upon to comply with the measures that were proposed . A letter was written for him to Sir William Lemon , to prevail upon him to interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel , in ...
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... Lord LYTTELTON , Who died August 22 , 1773 , aged 64 . Lord Lyttelton's Poems are the works of a man of literature and judgement , devoting part of his time to versification . They have nothing to be despised , and little to be admired ...
... Lord LYTTELTON , Who died August 22 , 1773 , aged 64 . Lord Lyttelton's Poems are the works of a man of literature and judgement , devoting part of his time to versification . They have nothing to be despised , and little to be admired ...
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