The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... hundred pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift so necessary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English preferment , in exchange for the prebend which he desired him to resign ...
... hundred pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift so necessary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English preferment , in exchange for the prebend which he desired him to resign ...
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... hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion , they would have immediately sunk into silence and oblivion . ' The reasonableness of a Test is not hard to be proved ; but perhaps it must be allowed that the proper ...
... hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion , they would have immediately sunk into silence and oblivion . ' The reasonableness of a Test is not hard to be proved ; but perhaps it must be allowed that the proper ...
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... hundred , and met to animate the zeal and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great reason , that the ministers were losing opportunities ; that sufficient use was not made of the ardour of the nation ; they ...
... hundred , and met to animate the zeal and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great reason , that the ministers were losing opportunities ; that sufficient use was not made of the ardour of the nation ; they ...
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... hundred discontented and one ungrateful . Much has been said of the equality and independence which he preserved in his conversation with the Ministers , of the frankness of his remonstrances , and the familiarity of his friendship . In ...
... hundred discontented and one ungrateful . Much has been said of the equality and independence which he preserved in his conversation with the Ministers , of the frankness of his remonstrances , and the familiarity of his friendship . In ...
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... hundred pounds was offered for discovery of the author . From this storm he was , as he relates , secured by a sleight ; of what kind , or by whose prudence is not known ; and such was the increase of his reputation , that the Scottish ...
... hundred pounds was offered for discovery of the author . From this storm he was , as he relates , secured by a sleight ; of what kind , or by whose prudence is not known ; and such was the increase of his reputation , that the Scottish ...
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