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Upon the fall of the Whig ministry in 1710, Maynwaring set up the _Medley_, a weekly paper in which the attacks of the _Examiner_ were answered, and wrote various political pamphlets.
The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken
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"Maynwaring, whom we hear nothing of now, was the ruling man in all conversations, indeed what he wrote had very little merit in it" (Pope, in Spence's "Anecdotes," 1820, p. 338).
The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken
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They slanted obliquely downwards and were closed outside by a hinged flap of leather, which opened to allow water to escape, and closed to prevent water from entering (_Maynwaring_).
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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Maynwaring came of good English stock, and in early life showed the results of his relationship to the aristocratic house of Cholmondeley by supporting the lost cause of James II.
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902
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After playing the _dilettante_ in France, Maynwaring returned home, and in time became a staunch Whig, a Government official, and, later on, a Member of Parliament.
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902
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He once intended to print together the four versions of Dryden, Maynwaring, Pope, and Tickell, that they might be readily compared and fairly estimated.
Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Johnson, Samuel 1891
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Maynwaring was born in 1668, educated at Oxford, and destined for the bar, for which he studied.
The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Philip Wharton 1847
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He once intended to print together the four versions of Dryden, Maynwaring, Pope, and Tickell, that they might be readily compared and fairly estimated.
Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson 1746
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[T.S.]] [Footnote 5: "The Medley," under Maynwaring, with occasional help from
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Jonathan Swift 1706
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Maynwaring, Mr. (Oldfield's son) "Milk White Flag, A," Mr. Hoyt's
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902
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