The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... returned to power ; and he was accordingly made secretary for the island of Jamaica ; a place , I suppose , without trust or care , but which , with his post in the customs , is said to have afforded him twelve hundred pounds a year ...
... returned to power ; and he was accordingly made secretary for the island of Jamaica ; a place , I suppose , without trust or care , but which , with his post in the customs , is said to have afforded him twelve hundred pounds a year ...
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... returned home . In some part of his life , it is not known when , his indi- gence compelled him to teach a school , an humiliation with which , though it certainly lasted but a little while , his enemies did not forget to reproach him ...
... returned home . In some part of his life , it is not known when , his indi- gence compelled him to teach a school , an humiliation with which , though it certainly lasted but a little while , his enemies did not forget to reproach him ...
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... Returning Peace , Dove - eyed , and rob'd in white Of his petty poems some are very trifling , without any thing to be praised either in the thought or expression . He is unlucky in his competitions ; he tells the same idle tale with ...
... Returning Peace , Dove - eyed , and rob'd in white Of his petty poems some are very trifling , without any thing to be praised either in the thought or expression . He is unlucky in his competitions ; he tells the same idle tale with ...
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... returning to his studies , he wrote a tragedy called The Captives , which he was invited to read before the prin cess of Wales . When the hour came , he saw the princess and her ladies all in expectation ; and , advancing with re ...
... returning to his studies , he wrote a tragedy called The Captives , which he was invited to read before the prin cess of Wales . When the hour came , he saw the princess and her ladies all in expectation ; and , advancing with re ...
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... returned from the government of Barba- does , died at sea . He continued to serve in parliament ; and in the ninth year of queen Anne was chosen knight of the shire for Cornwall . At the memorable change of the ministry , ( 1710 ) , he ...
... returned from the government of Barba- does , died at sea . He continued to serve in parliament ; and in the ninth year of queen Anne was chosen knight of the shire for Cornwall . At the memorable change of the ministry , ( 1710 ) , he ...
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