The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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... was held at his house , Octo- ber 14 , that year.-N. He was admitted to his bachelor's degree in 1686 ; and to his master's , by mandate , in 1700 . -N . + Spence . thought it hard that " an old man should be PRIOR .
... was held at his house , Octo- ber 14 , that year.-N. He was admitted to his bachelor's degree in 1686 ; and to his master's , by mandate , in 1700 . -N . + Spence . thought it hard that " an old man should be PRIOR .
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... thought it necessary to make them more simple . He was in the following year at Loo with the King ; from whom , after a long audience , he car- ried orders to England , and upon his arrival be came under - secretary of state in the Earl ...
... thought it necessary to make them more simple . He was in the following year at Loo with the King ; from whom , after a long audience , he car- ried orders to England , and upon his arrival be came under - secretary of state in the Earl ...
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... thought on the same occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to determine . Tickell might have been impressed with his expectation by Swift's " Proposal for as- certaining the English Language , " then lately pub ...
... thought on the same occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to determine . Tickell might have been impressed with his expectation by Swift's " Proposal for as- certaining the English Language , " then lately pub ...
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... thought a stricter confinement necessary than to his own house . " Here , " says he , " Bos- cawen played the moralist , and Coningsby the Christian , but both very awkwardly . " The messen- ger , in whose custody he was to be placed 10 ...
... thought a stricter confinement necessary than to his own house . " Here , " says he , " Bos- cawen played the moralist , and Coningsby the Christian , but both very awkwardly . " The messen- ger , in whose custody he was to be placed 10 ...
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... thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of ...
... thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of ...
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