LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , til , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , some- times remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten ...
... Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , til , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , some- times remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten ...
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... Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed ...
... Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed ...
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... Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lover of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his letters accidently preserved by Peck , which I recommend to the ...
... Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lover of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his letters accidently preserved by Peck , which I recommend to the ...
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... , In all their gaudy liveries . Every mind is now distinguished with this cumber of magnificence ; yet ! cannot refuse myself the four next lines : Mount , + Mount , glorious queen , thy travelling throne , 28 COWLEY .
... , In all their gaudy liveries . Every mind is now distinguished with this cumber of magnificence ; yet ! cannot refuse myself the four next lines : Mount , + Mount , glorious queen , thy travelling throne , 28 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. + Mount , glorious queen , thy travelling throne , And bid it to put on ; For long though cheerful is the way , And life alas allows but one ill winter's day . In the same ode , celebrating the power of the Muse , he ...
Samuel Johnson. + Mount , glorious queen , thy travelling throne , And bid it to put on ; For long though cheerful is the way , And life alas allows but one ill winter's day . In the same ode , celebrating the power of the Muse , he ...
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