The Lives of the English Poets, Volumen2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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... he wrote , and retained as He received , in September , 1697 , a present of 200 guineas from the lords justices , for his trouble in bringing over the treaty of peace . - N . much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet 4 PRIOR .
... he wrote , and retained as He received , in September , 1697 , a present of 200 guineas from the lords justices , for his trouble in bringing over the treaty of peace . - N . much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet 4 PRIOR .
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... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house ? He told them , that either the Earl of Oxford or the Duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them ...
... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house ? He told them , that either the Earl of Oxford or the Duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them ...
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... present moment . What Horace said , when he imitated Lucilius , might be said of Butler by Prior ; his numbers were not smooth or neat . Prior excelled him in versi- fication : but he was , like Horace , Inventore mi- nor : he had not ...
... present moment . What Horace said , when he imitated Lucilius , might be said of Butler by Prior ; his numbers were not smooth or neat . Prior excelled him in versi- fication : but he was , like Horace , Inventore mi- nor : he had not ...
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... present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knight- hood to his new poem ; but King William was not very studious of poetry ; and Blackmore perhaps had other merit , for he says , in his dedication to ...
... present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knight- hood to his new poem ; but King William was not very studious of poetry ; and Blackmore perhaps had other merit , for he says , in his dedication to ...
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... present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and revised for an- other impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a ...
... present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and revised for an- other impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a ...
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