The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... considered as an obdurate Tory , he conversed indiscriminately with all his wits , and was yet the friend of Steele , who in the Tatler , which began in 1710 , confesses the advantages of his conversation , and mentions something ...
... considered as an obdurate Tory , he conversed indiscriminately with all his wits , and was yet the friend of Steele , who in the Tatler , which began in 1710 , confesses the advantages of his conversation , and mentions something ...
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... considered as public robbers . Their eagerness was not gratified by the Queen , or by Harley . The Queen was probably slow because she was afraid , and Harley was slow because he was doubtful ; he was a Tory only by necessity , or for ...
... considered as public robbers . Their eagerness was not gratified by the Queen , or by Harley . The Queen was probably slow because she was afraid , and Harley was slow because he was doubtful ; he was a Tory only by necessity , or for ...
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... considered himself as having fortune in his power . Commissions , solicitations , remonstrances , crowded about him ; he was expected to do every man's business , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In ...
... considered himself as having fortune in his power . Commissions , solicitations , remonstrances , crowded about him ; he was expected to do every man's business , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In ...
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... considered himself as in a state of exile . It seems that his first recourse was to piety . The thoughts of death rushed upon him , at this time , with such incessant impor- tunity , that they took possession of his mind , when he first ...
... considered himself as in a state of exile . It seems that his first recourse was to piety . The thoughts of death rushed upon him , at this time , with such incessant impor- tunity , that they took possession of his mind , when he first ...
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... considered resistance to the King's patent as highly criminal ; and one Whitshed , then Chief Justice , who had tried the printer of the former pamphlet , and sent out the jury nine times , till by clamour and menaces they were frighted ...
... considered resistance to the King's patent as highly criminal ; and one Whitshed , then Chief Justice , who had tried the printer of the former pamphlet , and sent out the jury nine times , till by clamour and menaces they were frighted ...
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