The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... Lord Bolingbroke ) , after the manner of Horace's Lusory , or Amatorian Odes , is certainly a master- piece ; but Mr. Smith's Pocockius is of the sub- limer kind , though , like Waller's writings upon Oliver Cromwell , it wants not the ...
... Lord Bolingbroke ) , after the manner of Horace's Lusory , or Amatorian Odes , is certainly a master- piece ; but Mr. Smith's Pocockius is of the sub- limer kind , though , like Waller's writings upon Oliver Cromwell , it wants not the ...
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... said , What shall I do with the character of Lord Sunderland ? ' and Addison immediately returned , When , Rag , were you drunk last ? ' and went away . " 6 6 Captain Rag was a name which he got at Oxford C 2 SMITH . 19.
... said , What shall I do with the character of Lord Sunderland ? ' and Addison immediately returned , When , Rag , were you drunk last ? ' and went away . " 6 6 Captain Rag was a name which he got at Oxford C 2 SMITH . 19.
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... Lord Wharton was sent to go- vern Ireland , King returned to London , with his poverty , his idleness , and his wit ; and published some essays , called Useful Transactions . His Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended ...
... Lord Wharton was sent to go- vern Ireland , King returned to London , with his poverty , his idleness , and his wit ; and published some essays , called Useful Transactions . His Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended ...
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... lords , and other commissioners , a formal profession of his unwillingness to exercise that authority any longer , and withdrew himself from them . After they had read his letter , they adjourned for six months , and scarcely ever met ...
... lords , and other commissioners , a formal profession of his unwillingness to exercise that authority any longer , and withdrew himself from them . After they had read his letter , they adjourned for six months , and scarcely ever met ...
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... lords . In 1704 , he wrote an answer to Bromley's speech against occasional conformity . He headed the Inquiry into the danger of the Church . In 1706 , he proposed and negotiated the Union with Scot- land ; and when the Elector of ...
... lords . In 1704 , he wrote an answer to Bromley's speech against occasional conformity . He headed the Inquiry into the danger of the Church . In 1706 , he proposed and negotiated the Union with Scot- land ; and when the Elector of ...
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