The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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... friends began to hope that they might , by driving the whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and shew the waste of ...
... friends began to hope that they might , by driving the whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and shew the waste of ...
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... friends to determine . " When he had signed the paper , he was told by Walpole , that the committee were not satisfied with his behaviour , nor could give such an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now ...
... friends to determine . " When he had signed the paper , he was told by Walpole , that the committee were not satisfied with his behaviour , nor could give such an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now ...
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... friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some , who , it is said , withheld the money from him lest he should squander it . The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thou- sand ; to which ...
... friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some , who , it is said , withheld the money from him lest he should squander it . The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thou- sand ; to which ...
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... friends , he will pro- bably find men who have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than desire to instruct . The tediousness of this poem proceeds not from the uni- formity of the subject , for it is sufficiently ...
... friends , he will pro- bably find men who have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than desire to instruct . The tediousness of this poem proceeds not from the uni- formity of the subject , for it is sufficiently ...
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... friends , and among his friends was able to name every man of his time whom wit and elegance had raised to reputation : it may be , therefore , reasonably supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems ...
... friends , and among his friends was able to name every man of his time whom wit and elegance had raised to reputation : it may be , therefore , reasonably supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems ...
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