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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

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elector

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɪˈlɛktə/Used In Literature ↓

A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.

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Poetry examples for elector

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into the danger of the Church. In 1706 he proposed and negotiated the

Union with Scotland; and when the Elector of Hanover received the Garter,

after the Act had passed for securing the Protestant Succession, he was

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his time seems to have been spent in negotiations. In 1692, he was sent

envoy to the elector of Brandenburgh; in 1693, to the imperial court; in

1694, to the elector of Saxony; in 1696, to the electors of Mentz and

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