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had been raised in favour of Jonson , by Charles the First , from an hundred marks * to one hundred pounds a year , and a tiercet of wine ; a revenue in those days not inadequate to the conveniences of life . The same year he published ...
had been raised in favour of Jonson , by Charles the First , from an hundred marks * to one hundred pounds a year , and a tiercet of wine ; a revenue in those days not inadequate to the conveniences of life . The same year he published ...
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bishop of Rochester's favour , nor of the lord Halifax's generous design ( they both having , out of respect to the family , enjoined the lady Elizabeth and her son to keep their favour concealed to the world , and let it pass for their ...
bishop of Rochester's favour , nor of the lord Halifax's generous design ( they both having , out of respect to the family , enjoined the lady Elizabeth and her son to keep their favour concealed to the world , and let it pass for their ...
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... the poem is addressed , was privately said , to mean the Duke of Chandos ; a man perhaps too much delighted with pomp and show , but of a temper kind and beneficent , and who had consequently the voice of the publick in his favour .
... the poem is addressed , was privately said , to mean the Duke of Chandos ; a man perhaps too much delighted with pomp and show , but of a temper kind and beneficent , and who had consequently the voice of the publick in his favour .
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Introduction | 5 |
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Milton | 15 |
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Robert Montagu |
| Publisher | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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