Daniel Defoe: Ambition & InnovationUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1986 - 299 pages |
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... Matthew Prior , and Joseph Addison , did receive government appointments after writing successful poems . Once appointed , the man often felt he was expected to continue to publish an occa- sional gentlemanly poem . Addison wrote that ...
... Matthew Prior , and Joseph Addison , did receive government appointments after writing successful poems . Once appointed , the man often felt he was expected to continue to publish an occa- sional gentlemanly poem . Addison wrote that ...
Page 34
... Matthew Prior , whom Defoe had characterized in The Pacificator as born to " Flatter Kings in Panegyrick . " Defoe thought Prior's rise unmerited and attacked him again in Reformation of Manners . Prior , he said , " Was for his Wit and ...
... Matthew Prior , whom Defoe had characterized in The Pacificator as born to " Flatter Kings in Panegyrick . " Defoe thought Prior's rise unmerited and attacked him again in Reformation of Manners . Prior , he said , " Was for his Wit and ...
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... Matthew Prior lists one of the " compiler " Adrian Drift's " chief Materials " to be " curious Anecdotes " not found in any other memoirs of Prior.16 The best contemporary definition , however , was given by Richard Steele in Tatler ...
... Matthew Prior lists one of the " compiler " Adrian Drift's " chief Materials " to be " curious Anecdotes " not found in any other memoirs of Prior.16 The best contemporary definition , however , was given by Richard Steele in Tatler ...
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