The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice caft a luftre on all to whom it was extended . About About the time when Oxford was furrendered to the parliament 8 COWLEY .
... and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice caft a luftre on all to whom it was extended . About About the time when Oxford was furrendered to the parliament 8 COWLEY .
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... King and Queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his pro- vince of intelligence , that , for feveral years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . In the year 1647 , his " Mistress ...
... King and Queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his pro- vince of intelligence , that , for feveral years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . In the year 1647 , his " Mistress ...
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... King is perfuaded of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above " all the reft ) Virgil ... king Charles I. and lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experi- ment of their future fortunes ...
... King is perfuaded of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above " all the reft ) Virgil ... king Charles I. and lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experi- ment of their future fortunes ...
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... King without the confent of his bondsman ; that he did not fhew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permiffion . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply fomething encomiaftick ...
... King without the confent of his bondsman ; that he did not fhew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permiffion . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply fomething encomiaftick ...
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... king's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that when they " told Cowley , how little favour had been fhewn him , " he received the news of his ill fuccefs , not with fo " much ...
... king's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that when they " told Cowley , how little favour had been fhewn him , " he received the news of his ill fuccefs , not with fo " much ...
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