The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Harper, 1851 - 598 pages |
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... studies , that he soon far excelled all his classmates . Before he had been in college two years , he produced some Latin verses , which , by accident , fell into the hands of Dr. Lancaster , afterward provost of the college , and were ...
... studies , that he soon far excelled all his classmates . Before he had been in college two years , he produced some Latin verses , which , by accident , fell into the hands of Dr. Lancaster , afterward provost of the college , and were ...
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... studies , and on the fifteenth of February , 1708 , at the beginning of his thirty - third year , put an end to life . ' He was buried in the cathedral of Hereford ; and a monument was afterward erected for him in Westminster Abbey , by ...
... studies , and on the fifteenth of February , 1708 , at the beginning of his thirty - third year , put an end to life . ' He was buried in the cathedral of Hereford ; and a monument was afterward erected for him in Westminster Abbey , by ...
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... studies of his childhood placed in his hands . His father , having acquired an independent fortune , retired to Binfield , in Windsor Forest , and as he be- longed to the Roman Church , the future poet was placed under the care of one ...
... studies of his childhood placed in his hands . His father , having acquired an independent fortune , retired to Binfield , in Windsor Forest , and as he be- longed to the Roman Church , the future poet was placed under the care of one ...
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... studies . From Oxford he went to the Middle Temple , London , professedly as a legal student , but there devoted himself to dramatic writing and poetry , rather than to the law . In 1682 he produced The Persian Prince , or Loyal Brother ...
... studies . From Oxford he went to the Middle Temple , London , professedly as a legal student , but there devoted himself to dramatic writing and poetry , rather than to the law . In 1682 he produced The Persian Prince , or Loyal Brother ...
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... studies were at first conducted at the grammar - school of Kilkenny , and afterward in Dublin ; and though his proficiency in classical learning was very respectable , it was attained without the aid of a university . About the time of ...
... studies were at first conducted at the grammar - school of Kilkenny , and afterward in Dublin ; and though his proficiency in classical learning was very respectable , it was attained without the aid of a university . About the time of ...
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