The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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... Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically at- tended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and de- prived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of verses ...
... Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically at- tended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and de- prived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of verses ...
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... Queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little employment for negotiators , and Prior had therefore leisure to make or to polish verses . When the battle of Blenheim called forth all the versemen , Prior , among the ...
... Queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little employment for negotiators , and Prior had therefore leisure to make or to polish verses . When the battle of Blenheim called forth all the versemen , Prior , among the ...
Pagina 5
... Queen grew weary of her ministers . The war was burdensome , and the ministers were insolent . Harley and his friends began to hope that they might , by driving the whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the ...
... Queen grew weary of her ministers . The war was burdensome , and the ministers were insolent . Harley and his friends began to hope that they might , by driving the whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the ...
Pagina 6
... Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign : the reason for which is , because he , having personally treated with Monsieur de Torcy ...
... Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign : the reason for which is , because he , having personally treated with Monsieur de Torcy ...
Pagina 7
... Queen , written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . " And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris ...
... Queen , written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria . " I shall expect , " says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me . " And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris ...
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