The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... MILTON 56 -BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS . 193 WALSH 205 DRYDEN / 207 SMITH DUKE 304 322 KING 323 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . SPRAT HALIFAX PARNELL GARTH.
... MILTON 56 -BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS . 193 WALSH 205 DRYDEN / 207 SMITH DUKE 304 322 KING 323 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . SPRAT HALIFAX PARNELL GARTH.
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... Duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his letters accidentally preserved ...
... Duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his letters accidentally preserved ...
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... duke of York from London into France , and delivered him there to the Queen and Prince of Wales . This year he published his translation of " Cato Major . " He now resided in France as one of the followers of the exiled King ; and , to ...
... duke of York from London into France , and delivered him there to the Queen and Prince of Wales . This year he published his translation of " Cato Major . " He now resided in France as one of the followers of the exiled King ; and , to ...
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... duke of Buckingham , when he was chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer , who yet allows the Duke to have been his frequent benefactor . That both these accounts are false there is reason to suspect , from a story ...
... duke of Buckingham , when he was chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer , who yet allows the Duke to have been his frequent benefactor . That both these accounts are false there is reason to suspect , from a story ...
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... Duke of Buckingham , has left a story of his refusal to fight him . He had very early an inclination to intemperance , which he totally subdued in his travels ; but , when he became a courtier , he unhappily addicted himself to ...
... Duke of Buckingham , has left a story of his refusal to fight him . He had very early an inclination to intemperance , which he totally subdued in his travels ; but , when he became a courtier , he unhappily addicted himself to ...
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