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Lockier, which is to the same effect, was never published by himself.
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A little after, Dryden went out, and in going spoke to Lockier again, and desired him to come to him the next day.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882
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Lockier named Boileau's Lutrin, and Tassoni's Secchia Rapita; which he had read, and knew Dryden had borrowed some strokes from each.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882
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Lockier overhearing this, plucked up his spirit so far, as to say, in a voice just loud enough to be heard, that Mac-Flecknoe was a very fine poem, but that he had not imagined it to be the first that ever was wrote that way.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882
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Lockier was, it may be added, a good critic; and his opinions on literary subjects are so just, that it is to be regretted we have only very few of them.
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Lockier directed his own boat against it; and happening to have placed himself in one of the lightest and fastest sailing barges in the flotilla, he found himself alongside of his enemy before any of the others were near enough to render him the smallest support.
The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 1842
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Lockier, a brave and skilful officer, who immediately pushed off; and about noon came in sight of the enemy, moored fore and aft, with broadsides pointing towards him.
The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 1842
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Captain Lockier received several severe wounds; but after fighting from the bow to the stern, the enemy were at length overpowered; and other barges coming up to the assistance of their commander, the commodore's flag shared the same fate with the others.
The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 1842
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Lockier overhearing this, plucked up his spirit so far, as to say, in a voice just loud enough to be heard, that
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Walter Scott 1801
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A little after, Dryden went out, and in going spoke to Lockier again, and desired him to come to him the next day.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Walter Scott 1801
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