The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... king James , were added to the former fellows . His residence was in Cheapside , and his friends were chiefly in the city . In the early part of Blackmore's time , a citizen was a term of reproach ; and his place of abode was another ...
... king James , were added to the former fellows . His residence was in Cheapside , and his friends were chiefly in the city . In the early part of Blackmore's time , a citizen was a term of reproach ; and his place of abode was another ...
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... king William , and advanced by him to the honour of knighthood , with the present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but king William was not very studious of poetry ; and ...
... king William , and advanced by him to the honour of knighthood , with the present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but king William was not very studious of poetry ; and ...
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... King Arthur he endeavoured to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his Mourning Bride than it has obtained from any other critic . The same year he published a satire on wit ; a proclama- tion of ...
... King Arthur he endeavoured to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his Mourning Bride than it has obtained from any other critic . The same year he published a satire on wit ; a proclama- tion of ...
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... king's - evil , the dropsy , the jaundice , the stone , the diabetes , and the plague . Of those books , if I had read them , it could not be ex- pected that I should be able to give a critical account . I have been told that there is ...
... king's - evil , the dropsy , the jaundice , the stone , the diabetes , and the plague . Of those books , if I had read them , it could not be ex- pected that I should be able to give a critical account . I have been told that there is ...
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... king William , of glorious memory , in the year 1695. This I have never seen , but suppose it at least compiled with integrity . He engaged likewise in theological controversy , and wrote two books against the Arians ; Just prejudices ...
... king William , of glorious memory , in the year 1695. This I have never seen , but suppose it at least compiled with integrity . He engaged likewise in theological controversy , and wrote two books against the Arians ; Just prejudices ...
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