Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, 1891 - 192 pages |
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... Charles the First , then transferring the same " power and piety " to Oliver Cromwell ; now inviting Oliver to take the Crown , and then congratulating Charles the Second on his recovered right . Neither Cromwell nor Charles could value ...
... Charles the First , then transferring the same " power and piety " to Oliver Cromwell ; now inviting Oliver to take the Crown , and then congratulating Charles the Second on his recovered right . Neither Cromwell nor Charles could value ...
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... Charles's reign . At the accession of King James ( in 1685 ) he was chosen for Parliament , being then fourscore , at Saltash , in Cornwall ; and wrote a Presage of the Downfall of the Turkish Empire , which he presented to the king on ...
... Charles's reign . At the accession of King James ( in 1685 ) he was chosen for Parliament , being then fourscore , at Saltash , in Cornwall ; and wrote a Presage of the Downfall of the Turkish Empire , which he presented to the king on ...
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... Charles Scarborough then attended the king , and requested him , as both a friend and physician , to tell him " what that swelling meant . " Sir , " answered Scar- borough , " your blood will run no longer . " Waller re- peated some ...
... Charles Scarborough then attended the king , and requested him , as both a friend and physician , to tell him " what that swelling meant . " Sir , " answered Scar- borough , " your blood will run no longer . " Waller re- peated some ...
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... Charles the Second , who delighted in his company , he obtained only the pardon of his relation Hampden , and the safety of Hampden's son . As far as conjecture can be made from the whole of his writing , and his conduct , he was ...
... Charles the Second , who delighted in his company , he obtained only the pardon of his relation Hampden , and the safety of Hampden's son . As far as conjecture can be made from the whole of his writing , and his conduct , he was ...
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... Charles , on his return , were doubtless intended to counterbalance the panegyric on Cromwell . If it has been thought inferior to that with which it is naturally compared , the cause of its deficience has been already remarked . The ...
... Charles , on his return , were doubtless intended to counterbalance the panegyric on Cromwell . If it has been thought inferior to that with which it is naturally compared , the cause of its deficience has been already remarked . The ...
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