The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... Queen Mary conferred upon both those plays the honour of her presence ; and when she died , soon after , Congreve testified his gratitude by a despicable effusion of elegiac pastoral ; a composition in which all is unnatural , and yet ...
... Queen Mary conferred upon both those plays the honour of her presence ; and when she died , soon after , Congreve testified his gratitude by a despicable effusion of elegiac pastoral ; a composition in which all is unnatural , and yet ...
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... queen Mary in lines like these : The rocks are cleft , and new - descending rills Furrow the brows of all th ' impending hills . The water - gods to floods their rivulets turn , And each , with streaming eyes , supplies his wanting urn ...
... queen Mary in lines like these : The rocks are cleft , and new - descending rills Furrow the brows of all th ' impending hills . The water - gods to floods their rivulets turn , And each , with streaming eyes , supplies his wanting urn ...
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... queen Anne , and very willingly and liberally extolled the duke of Marlborough , when he was ( 1707 ) at the height of his glory . He expressed still more attention to Marlborough and his family by an elegiac pastoral on the marquis of ...
... queen Anne , and very willingly and liberally extolled the duke of Marlborough , when he was ( 1707 ) at the height of his glory . He expressed still more attention to Marlborough and his family by an elegiac pastoral on the marquis of ...
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... queen Anne's life , Gay was made secretary to the earl of Clarendon , ambassador to the court of Hanover . This was a station that naturally gave him hopes of kindness from every party ; but the queen's death put an end to her favours ...
... queen Anne's life , Gay was made secretary to the earl of Clarendon , ambassador to the court of Hanover . This was a station that naturally gave him hopes of kindness from every party ; but the queen's death put an end to her favours ...
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... queen , and Gay was to be great and happy ; but , upon the settlement of the household , he found himself appointed gentleman usher to the princess Louisa . By this offer he thought himself insulted , and sent a message to the queen ...
... queen , and Gay was to be great and happy ; but , upon the settlement of the household , he found himself appointed gentleman usher to the princess Louisa . By this offer he thought himself insulted , and sent a message to the queen ...
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