The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... received from the best authors he read , which it always preserved in their primitive strength and amiable order . He had a quickness of apprehension , and vivacity of under- standing , which easily took in and surmounted the most ...
... received from the best authors he read , which it always preserved in their primitive strength and amiable order . He had a quickness of apprehension , and vivacity of under- standing , which easily took in and surmounted the most ...
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... received from Smith , that Clarendon's History was , in its publication , corrupted by Aldrich , Smalridge , and Atterbury ; and that Smith was employed to forge and insert the alterations . The story was published triumphantly by ...
... received from Smith , that Clarendon's History was , in its publication , corrupted by Aldrich , Smalridge , and Atterbury ; and that Smith was employed to forge and insert the alterations . The story was published triumphantly by ...
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... received my notions with contempt . He was a Whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he endured me . He had mingled with the gay world , without ...
... received my notions with contempt . He was a Whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he endured me . He had mingled with the gay world , without ...
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... ; and the year afterwards received the last proof of his master's confidence , by being appointed one of the commissioners for ecclesiastical affairs . On the critical day , when the Declaration distinguished the 28 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... ; and the year afterwards received the last proof of his master's confidence , by being appointed one of the commissioners for ecclesiastical affairs . On the critical day , when the Declaration distinguished the 28 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... received the garter , after the act had passed for securing the Protestant Succession , he was appointed to carry the ensigns of the order to the electoral court . He sat as one of the judges of Sacheverell ; but voted for a mild ...
... received the garter , after the act had passed for securing the Protestant Succession , he was appointed to carry the ensigns of the order to the electoral court . He sat as one of the judges of Sacheverell ; but voted for a mild ...
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