The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... appearance of decency : in his own phrase , he whitened himself , having a desire to obtain the censorship , an office of honour and some profit in the college ; but , when the election came , the preference was given to Mr. Foulkes ...
... appearance of decency : in his own phrase , he whitened himself , having a desire to obtain the censorship , an office of honour and some profit in the college ; but , when the election came , the preference was given to Mr. Foulkes ...
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... appeared not to know it . He was now driven to London , where he as- sociated himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or because the Tories had ex- pelled him , or because he was a Whig by principle , may perhaps ...
... appeared not to know it . He was now driven to London , where he as- sociated himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or because the Tories had ex- pelled him , or because he was a Whig by principle , may perhaps ...
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... appeared as a lover of the church , on the side of Sacheverell ; and was supposed to have concurred at least in the projection of The Examiner . His eyes were open to all the operations of Whiggism ; and he bestowed some strictures upon ...
... appeared as a lover of the church , on the side of Sacheverell ; and was supposed to have concurred at least in the projection of The Examiner . His eyes were open to all the operations of Whiggism ; and he bestowed some strictures upon ...
Pàgina 40
... utterly unable to prove , was never dis- covered . After this , he passed his days in the quiet exercise of his function . When the cause of Sacheverell put the publick in commotion , he honestly appeared among the 40 SPRAT .
... utterly unable to prove , was never dis- covered . After this , he passed his days in the quiet exercise of his function . When the cause of Sacheverell put the publick in commotion , he honestly appeared among the 40 SPRAT .
Pàgina 41
... appeared among the friends of the church . He lived to his seventy - ninth year , and died May 20 , 1713 . - Burnet is not very favourable to his memory ; but he and Burnet were old rivals . On some publick occasion they both preached ...
... appeared among the friends of the church . He lived to his seventy - ninth year , and died May 20 , 1713 . - Burnet is not very favourable to his memory ; but he and Burnet were old rivals . On some publick occasion they both preached ...
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