Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 82
... called The Oxford Laureat ; in which , after many claims had been made and rejected , Yalden is represented as demanding the laurel , and as being called to his trial , instead of receiving a reward . His crime was for being a felon in ...
... called The Oxford Laureat ; in which , after many claims had been made and rejected , Yalden is represented as demanding the laurel , and as being called to his trial , instead of receiving a reward . His crime was for being a felon in ...
Page 305
... called , he answered , I do not think it essential , but it will be very right ; and I thank you for putting me in mind of it . In the morning , after the priest had given him the last sacraments , he said , ' There is nothing that is ...
... called , he answered , I do not think it essential , but it will be very right ; and I thank you for putting me in mind of it . In the morning , after the priest had given him the last sacraments , he said , ' There is nothing that is ...
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... called the Prologue to the Satires , is a performance consisting , as it seems , of many fragments wrought into one design , which by this union of scattered beauties contains more striking paragraphs than could probably have been ...
... called the Prologue to the Satires , is a performance consisting , as it seems , of many fragments wrought into one design , which by this union of scattered beauties contains more striking paragraphs than could probably have been ...
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