The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in fuch correspondence as the royal cause re- quired , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that paffed between the King and Queen ; an employment of the highest ...
... afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in fuch correspondence as the royal cause re- quired , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that paffed between the King and Queen ; an employment of the highest ...
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... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are preserved in " Mifcellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things ...
... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are preserved in " Mifcellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things ...
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... , and applying to the circumstances of the perufer the firft paffage in either of the two pages that he accidentally fixes his eye on . It is faid , that fays Some years afterwards , " business , " Sprat COWLEY . II .
... , and applying to the circumstances of the perufer the firft paffage in either of the two pages that he accidentally fixes his eye on . It is faid , that fays Some years afterwards , " business , " Sprat COWLEY . II .
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. fays Some years afterwards , " business , " Sprat , " pffed of course into other hands ; " and that king Charles I. and lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. fays Some years afterwards , " business , " Sprat , " pffed of course into other hands ; " and that king Charles I. and lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this ...
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... afterwards cenfured as a fatire on the king's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Den- nis , " that , when they told Cowley how " little favour had been fhewn him , he " received the ...
... afterwards cenfured as a fatire on the king's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Den- nis , " that , when they told Cowley how " little favour had been fhewn him , he " received the ...
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