Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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... obtained a licence for its admission into publick worship ; but no admission has it yet obtained , nor has it any right to come where Brady and Tate have got possession . Blackmore's name must be added to those of many others , who , by ...
... obtained a licence for its admission into publick worship ; but no admission has it yet obtained , nor has it any right to come where Brady and Tate have got possession . Blackmore's name must be added to those of many others , who , by ...
Page 196
... obtained , from King William , a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the posthumous works with which he was intrusted ...
... obtained , from King William , a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the posthumous works with which he was intrusted ...
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... obtained a scholarship at King's College . Being by this delay , such as is said to have happened very rarely , superannuated , he was sent to St. John's College by the contributions of his friends , where he obtained a small exhibition ...
... obtained a scholarship at King's College . Being by this delay , such as is said to have happened very rarely , superannuated , he was sent to St. John's College by the contributions of his friends , where he obtained a small exhibition ...
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