Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeCassell, 1892 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the 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 ...
... mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the 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 ...
Pagina 23
... mention of Mars and Bellona , and his comparison of Marlborough to the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter , are all puerile and unaffecting ; and yet more despicable is the long tale told by Louis in his despair of Brute and ...
... mention of Mars and Bellona , and his comparison of Marlborough to the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter , are all puerile and unaffecting ; and yet more despicable is the long tale told by Louis in his despair of Brute and ...
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... mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much re- garded . Yet the ...
... mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much re- garded . Yet the ...
Pagina 36
... mentioned him with respect , and among other testimonies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his " Miscellany , " and Pope inscribed to him his translation of the " Iliad . " But he treated the muses with ingratitude ; for ...
... mentioned him with respect , and among other testimonies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his " Miscellany , " and Pope inscribed to him his translation of the " Iliad . " But he treated the muses with ingratitude ; for ...
Pagina 37
... mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thousand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsimony , which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ancient family from which he descended ...
... mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thousand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsimony , which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ancient family from which he descended ...
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