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... Poet Laureate appointed as such , with an annual salary of a hundred marks and a butt of wine , it seems well to add here some explana- tion of this office . From very early times we hear of an officer , with duties something analogous ...
... Poet Laureate appointed as such , with an annual salary of a hundred marks and a butt of wine , it seems well to add here some explana- tion of this office . From very early times we hear of an officer , with duties something analogous ...
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... Poet Laureate , holding the University degree , and also the honour of the Court appoint- ment . This is , however , quite uncertain . Skelton held the degree , and speaks of its being conferred by the Sovereign at the University ...
... Poet Laureate , holding the University degree , and also the honour of the Court appoint- ment . This is , however , quite uncertain . Skelton held the degree , and speaks of its being conferred by the Sovereign at the University ...
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... poet of correct political opinions and sufficient merit to appoint Poet Laureate , his choice fell on Sir William Period , 1660 Restoration Davenant ( or D'Avenant ) , a man of some con- to c . 1740. siderable learning and culture , but ...
... poet of correct political opinions and sufficient merit to appoint Poet Laureate , his choice fell on Sir William Period , 1660 Restoration Davenant ( or D'Avenant ) , a man of some con- to c . 1740. siderable learning and culture , but ...
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