poet laureate
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The Poet-laureate didn't come indeed, but was expected; and three Chinese mandarins of the first quality entered the room at eleven, and did not leave till one.
From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony
Whithed, Mr. W., Poet-laureate from 1757 to 1785; author of the School for Lovers, etc.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
It was on his way to visit Wilson, at Elleray, his seat in Cumberland, during the autumn of 1814, that the Shepherd formed the acquaintance of the Poet-laureate.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
By the influence of the Duke of Newcastle, then Lord Chamberlain, he was made Poet-laureate, upon the death of Rowe.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
