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... wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and softness . There are some passages too ludicrous ; but every human performance ...
... wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and softness . There are some passages too ludicrous ; but every human performance ...
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... wrote to an apothecary in the neighbourhood a prescription of a purge so forcible , that the apothecary thought it his duty to delay it till he had given notice of its danger . Smith , not pleased with the contradic- tion of a shopman ...
... wrote to an apothecary in the neighbourhood a prescription of a purge so forcible , that the apothecary thought it his duty to delay it till he had given notice of its danger . Smith , not pleased with the contradic- tion of a shopman ...
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... wrote a poem on the marriage of the Lady Anne with George Prince of Denmark . He took orders ; and being made prebendary of Gloucester , became a proctor in convocation for that church , and chaplain to Queen Anne . In 1710 , he was ...
... wrote a poem on the marriage of the Lady Anne with George Prince of Denmark . He took orders ; and being made prebendary of Gloucester , became a proctor in convocation for that church , and chaplain to Queen Anne . In 1710 , he was ...
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... who had a pleasant house called Mountown , near Dublin , to which King frequently retired ; delighting to neglect his interest , forget his cares , and desert his duty . Here he wrote Mully of Mountown , a poem ; 24 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... who had a pleasant house called Mountown , near Dublin , to which King frequently retired ; delighting to neglect his interest , forget his cares , and desert his duty . Here he wrote Mully of Mountown , a poem ; 24 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 25
... wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwith- standing its title , for purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery , which he published , with some letters to Dr. Lister . In 1710 he appeared , as a ...
... wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwith- standing its title , for purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery , which he published , with some letters to Dr. Lister . In 1710 he appeared , as a ...
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