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In the United States of America her Majesty's poets-laureate would find a multitude of skeptics.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George

The plan of making them poets-laureate, or converting them to loyalty by pensions of 100 pounds per annum, had not then been thought of.

From Peter Plymley's Letters, and selected essays by Smith, Sydney

That two poets-laureate should have come from this beautiful corner of the earth of course is interesting, but the honor of being poet-laureate to the King is a shifting honor, depending upon the poet.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert

The poets-laureate and literati of the court turned it into numerous sentimental conceits; amongst others, that the insect had fastened on the princess's cheek mistaking it for a rose.

From The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock