Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 |
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... King William supplied copious materials for either verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the re- splendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he ...
... King William supplied copious materials for either verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the re- splendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he ...
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... king , or however enamoured of the Queen , he has left no reason for supposing that he approved either the artifices or the violence with which the King's religion was insinuated or obtruded . He endeavoured to be true at once to the King ...
... king , or however enamoured of the Queen , he has left no reason for supposing that he approved either the artifices or the violence with which the King's religion was insinuated or obtruded . He endeavoured to be true at once to the King ...
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... King William , a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the posthumous works with which he was intrusted ; but neither the ...
... King William , a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the posthumous works with which he was intrusted ; but neither the ...
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