Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2J. Murray, 1854 - 444 pàgines |
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... Court Disappointments - Intimacy with Mrs. Howard and the Duchess of Queensberry- Writes ' The Beggar's Opera'- Its great success His next Play prohibited - His ' Fables ' - Burial and Monument in Westminster Abbey - Works and Character ...
... Court Disappointments - Intimacy with Mrs. Howard and the Duchess of Queensberry- Writes ' The Beggar's Opera'- Its great success His next Play prohibited - His ' Fables ' - Burial and Monument in Westminster Abbey - Works and Character ...
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... There is a fine portrait of her at Althorp . His second wife is among the Kneller beauties at Hampton Court . 10 He was buried in the Sackville vault , in the church of Wythiam , in He was a man whose elegance and judgment were univer-
... There is a fine portrait of her at Althorp . His second wife is among the Kneller beauties at Hampton Court . 10 He was buried in the Sackville vault , in the church of Wythiam , in He was a man whose elegance and judgment were univer-
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... court life allows , as their ideas would have been more numerous , their wit would have been more perfect . The late Earl of Dorset was indeed a great exception to this rule , for he had thoughts which no book could lend him , and a way ...
... court life allows , as their ideas would have been more numerous , their wit would have been more perfect . The late Earl of Dorset was indeed a great exception to this rule , for he had thoughts which no book could lend him , and a way ...
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... Court ; in 1694 to the Elector of Saxony ; in 1696 to the Electors of Mentz and Cologne , and the Congress at Frankfort ; in 1698 a second time to Branden- burgh ; in 1699 to the King of Poland ; in 1701 again to the Emperor ; and in ...
... Court ; in 1694 to the Elector of Saxony ; in 1696 to the Electors of Mentz and Cologne , and the Congress at Frankfort ; in 1698 a second time to Branden- burgh ; in 1699 to the King of Poland ; in 1701 again to the Emperor ; and in ...
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... court , has been compared to the rumbling of a wheel - barrow : he had been on the wrong side , and therefore could not be a good poet . And this , perhaps , may be Mr. Philips's case . But I take generally the ignorance of his readers ...
... court , has been compared to the rumbling of a wheel - barrow : he had been on the wrong side , and therefore could not be a good poet . And this , perhaps , may be Mr. Philips's case . But I take generally the ignorance of his readers ...
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