Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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... Whigs , some intercession was used lest Congreve should be displaced , the earl of Oxford made this answer : ' Non obtusa adeo gestamus pectora Poeni , Nec tam aversus equos Tyriâ sol jungit ab urbe . ' He that was thus honoured by the ...
... Whigs , some intercession was used lest Congreve should be displaced , the earl of Oxford made this answer : ' Non obtusa adeo gestamus pectora Poeni , Nec tam aversus equos Tyriâ sol jungit ab urbe . ' He that was thus honoured by the ...
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... Whigs , and must be confessed to have dictated for a time the political opinions of the English nation . In the succeeding reign he delivered Ireland from plunder and oppression ; and shewed that wit , confederated with truth , had such ...
... Whigs , and must be confessed to have dictated for a time the political opinions of the English nation . In the succeeding reign he delivered Ireland from plunder and oppression ; and shewed that wit , confederated with truth , had such ...
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... Whigs ; but he deserted them when they deserted their principles , yet without running into the contrary extreme ; he continued throughout his life to retain the disposition which he assigns to the Church - of- England Man , of thinking ...
... Whigs ; but he deserted them when they deserted their principles , yet without running into the contrary extreme ; he continued throughout his life to retain the disposition which he assigns to the Church - of- England Man , of thinking ...
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