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22 ito have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and
poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers
; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a ...
22 ito have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and
poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers
; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a ...
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Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed undignified
by poetry : In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in
every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared
her ...
Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed undignified
by poetry : In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in
every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared
her ...
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Prior was a week after committed to close custody , with orders that “ no person
should be admitted to see him without leave from the Speaker . ” When , two
years after , an Act of Grace was passed , he was excepted , and continued still in
...
Prior was a week after committed to close custody , with orders that “ no person
should be admitted to see him without leave from the Speaker . ” When , two
years after , an Act of Grace was passed , he was excepted , and continued still in
...
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The adventure of “ Hans Carvel ” has passed through many successions of merry
wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's “ Satires , ” and is perhaps yet older . But the
merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less ...
The adventure of “ Hans Carvel ” has passed through many successions of merry
wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's “ Satires , ” and is perhaps yet older . But the
merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2 Volume 419 van Collection of British and American authors Collection of British authors ; no. 418-419 Volume 418 van Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | B. Tauchnitz, 1858 |
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