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Quotations, dates and abbreviations
1. Patronage asserted: The formation of the laureateship, 1668–1715
2. Loyalty marketed: The works of the early Hanoverian laureates, 1700–30
3. Merit rewarded: The Hanoverian appointments, 1715–1813
4. Parnassus reported: The public laureate, 1757–1813
5. ‘But odes of S—— almost choakt the way’: Laureate writings of the long eighteenth century