Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Lord- Chancellor Somers , one of that kind of patriots , who think it no waste of the public treasure to purchase polite- nefs to their country . The Poem upon one of King William's campaigns , ad- dreft to His Lordship , was received ...
... Lord- Chancellor Somers , one of that kind of patriots , who think it no waste of the public treasure to purchase polite- nefs to their country . The Poem upon one of King William's campaigns , ad- dreft to His Lordship , was received ...
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... Lord Somers , cannot appear better , than from the book of Travels he dedicated to his Lordship at It is not hard to conceive , why that performance was at firft but indifferently relished by the bulk of rea- ders ; who expected an ...
... Lord Somers , cannot appear better , than from the book of Travels he dedicated to his Lordship at It is not hard to conceive , why that performance was at firft but indifferently relished by the bulk of rea- ders ; who expected an ...
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... Lord Halifax may be confidered as the text upon which the book of Travels is a large comment , and has been efteemed by thofe , who have a relish for antiquity , as the most exquifite of his poetical perfor- mances . A tranflation of it ...
... Lord Halifax may be confidered as the text upon which the book of Travels is a large comment , and has been efteemed by thofe , who have a relish for antiquity , as the most exquifite of his poetical perfor- mances . A tranflation of it ...
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... Lord - Treasurer Godolphin , who was a fine judge of Poetry , had a fight of this work , when it was only . carried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the Poem , by bestowing on the Author , in a few days ...
... Lord - Treasurer Godolphin , who was a fine judge of Poetry , had a fight of this work , when it was only . carried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the Poem , by bestowing on the Author , in a few days ...
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... Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland in the year 17.09 . As I have propofed to touch but very lightly on thofe parts of his life , which do not regard him as an Author , I fhall not enlarge upon the the great reputation he acquired by his turn ...
... Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland in the year 17.09 . As I have propofed to touch but very lightly on thofe parts of his life , which do not regard him as an Author , I fhall not enlarge upon the the great reputation he acquired by his turn ...
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