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... written , which , though nothing is said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason for imagining that he was ...
... written , which , though nothing is said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason for imagining that he was ...
Pagina 7
... written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and ...
... written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and ...
Pagina 9
... written in fa- vour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . " while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris , And Bolingbroke ...
... written in fa- vour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . " while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris , And Bolingbroke ...
Pagina 16
... written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from the grotesque to the solemn , and has not so failed in any as to incur derision or dis- grace . Spence ; and see Gent . Mag . vol . lvii ...
... written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from the grotesque to the solemn , and has not so failed in any as to incur derision or dis- grace . Spence ; and see Gent . Mag . vol . lvii ...
Pagina 19
... written só much and translated so little : the version of Cal- limachus is sufficiently licentious ; the paraphrase on St. Paul's Exhortation to Charity is eminently beautiful , " Alma " is written in professed imitation of " Hu- dibras ...
... written só much and translated so little : the version of Cal- limachus is sufficiently licentious ; the paraphrase on St. Paul's Exhortation to Charity is eminently beautiful , " Alma " is written in professed imitation of " Hu- dibras ...
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