The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3D. Buchanan, sold by him, & by W. Creech, P. Hill, W. Mudie, & A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1800 |
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... lords who had perfuaded the king to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himfelf been minifterially employed . A great part of queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little employment for negotiators ...
... lords who had perfuaded the king to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himfelf been minifterially employed . A great part of queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little employment for negotiators ...
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... Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords " " were of the fame opinion , that Mr. Prior fhould " be added to thofe who are empowered to fign ; " the reafon for which is , because he having per- " fonally treated with Monfieur de Torcy ...
... Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords " " were of the fame opinion , that Mr. Prior fhould " be added to thofe who are empowered to fign ; " the reafon for which is , because he having per- " fonally treated with Monfieur de Torcy ...
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... Lord Coningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lechmere , were the principal interrogators ; who , in this examin- ation , of which there is printed an account not un- entertaining , behaved with the boisteroufnefs of men elated by recent ...
... Lord Coningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lechmere , were the principal interrogators ; who , in this examin- ation , of which there is printed an account not un- entertaining , behaved with the boisteroufnefs of men elated by recent ...
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... lord Har- ley , the fon of the earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal fum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and ...
... lord Har- ley , the fon of the earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal fum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and ...
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... lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . Thefe apologies are always ufelefs : " de guftibus non eft difputandum ; " men may be convinced , but they ...
... lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . Thefe apologies are always ufelefs : " de guftibus non eft difputandum ; " men may be convinced , but they ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1782 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1783 |
The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1865 |
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