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... writers , intellectuals and discontented of the early part of the century . Under Elizabeth and James the social ... writing was a means of attracting attention , patronage and a position as clergyman or secretary to one of the peers ...
... writers , intellectuals and discontented of the early part of the century . Under Elizabeth and James the social ... writing was a means of attracting attention , patronage and a position as clergyman or secretary to one of the peers ...
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... writing . Besides his literal verse translation of Horace's Ars Poetica ( ' Art of Poetry ' ) , there is Timber , or Discoveries ( a collection of notes , many of which are adapted or translated from other writers ) , the prefaces ...
... writing . Besides his literal verse translation of Horace's Ars Poetica ( ' Art of Poetry ' ) , there is Timber , or Discoveries ( a collection of notes , many of which are adapted or translated from other writers ) , the prefaces ...
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... writers of the period appear more familiar with their social superiors than previously . Dryden claimed that the supposed ... writing . Roger L'Estrange's version of Seneca's Morals ( 1678 ) , the translations of Ovid published by Tonson ...
... writers of the period appear more familiar with their social superiors than previously . Dryden claimed that the supposed ... writing . Roger L'Estrange's version of Seneca's Morals ( 1678 ) , the translations of Ovid published by Tonson ...
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