Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 155
... earl of Strafford . He was born in Ireland , during the lieutenancy of Strafford , who , being both his uncle and his godfather , gave him his own surname . His father , the third earl of Roscommon , had been converted by Usher to the ...
... earl of Strafford . He was born in Ireland , during the lieutenancy of Strafford , who , being both his uncle and his godfather , gave him his own surname . His father , the third earl of Roscommon , had been converted by Usher to the ...
Page 214
... Earl of Middlesex , came to him by its owner's death , and the title was conferred on him the year after . In 1677 , he be- came , by the death of his father , Earl of Dorset , and in- herited the estate of his family . 3 In 1684 ...
... Earl of Middlesex , came to him by its owner's death , and the title was conferred on him the year after . In 1677 , he be- came , by the death of his father , Earl of Dorset , and in- herited the estate of his family . 3 In 1684 ...
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... earl of Northumberland censured as at least indecent , and his objection was allowed . He had a quarrel with the earl of Rochester , which he has perhaps too ostenta- tiously related , as Rochester's surviving sister , the lady Sandwich ...
... earl of Northumberland censured as at least indecent , and his objection was allowed . He had a quarrel with the earl of Rochester , which he has perhaps too ostenta- tiously related , as Rochester's surviving sister , the lady Sandwich ...
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