Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works |
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... Lord Byron described it as the " finest critical work extant , " and declared that he never read it without instruction and delight : Sir Walter Scott affirmed that it displayed qualifications which have seldom been concentrated to the ...
... Lord Byron described it as the " finest critical work extant , " and declared that he never read it without instruction and delight : Sir Walter Scott affirmed that it displayed qualifications which have seldom been concentrated to the ...
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... Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in ciphering and deciphering the letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the ...
... Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in ciphering and deciphering the letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the ...
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... Lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experi- ment of their future fortunes , and met with passages equally ominous to each . That of the king was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus et armis , Finibus ...
... Lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experi- ment of their future fortunes , and met with passages equally ominous to each . That of the king was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus et armis , Finibus ...
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... Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His " Elegy on Sir Henry Wotton ' is vigorous and ...
... Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His " Elegy on Sir Henry Wotton ' is vigorous and ...
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... Lord Crofts procured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wan- dered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders , who , in a country of very little commerce and of great ...
... Lord Crofts procured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wan- dered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders , who , in a country of very little commerce and of great ...
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