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Page 173
... Waller has in this speech quoted Hooker in one passage ; and in another has copied him , without quoting . ' Religion , ' says Waller , ' ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not ...
... Waller has in this speech quoted Hooker in one passage ; and in another has copied him , without quoting . ' Religion , ' says Waller , ' ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not ...
Page 182
... Waller hath threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a very cruel , long , and ruinous restraint : —he therefore prays , that he may not find the effects of Mr. Waller's threats , by a long and close imprisonment ...
... Waller hath threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a very cruel , long , and ruinous restraint : —he therefore prays , that he may not find the effects of Mr. Waller's threats , by a long and close imprisonment ...
Page 187
... Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served for different places in all the parlia- ments of that reign . In a time when fancy and gaiety were the most powerful recommendations to regard , it is not likely that Waller was forgotten ...
... Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served for different places in all the parlia- ments of that reign . In a time when fancy and gaiety were the most powerful recommendations to regard , it is not likely that Waller was forgotten ...
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