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Page 68
... death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , secretary for Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James , and Charles . King was much a favourite at Cambridge , and many of the wits joined to do honour to his memory . Milton's ...
... death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , secretary for Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James , and Charles . King was much a favourite at Cambridge , and many of the wits joined to do honour to his memory . Milton's ...
Page 129
... Death , brought upon the stage , all as active persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity . Milton's allegory of Sin and Death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the ...
... Death , brought upon the stage , all as active persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity . Milton's allegory of Sin and Death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the ...
Page 214
... 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 . In 1684 , having buried his first wife , of the family of Bagot ...
... 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 . In 1684 , having buried his first wife , of the family of Bagot ...
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