The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... COWLEY I DENHAM 48 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 304 DUKE 322 KING 323 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . PAGE 326 SPRAT 330.
... COWLEY I DENHAM 48 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 304 DUKE 322 KING 323 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . PAGE 326 SPRAT 330.
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... King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
... King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
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Samuel Johnson. letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights ...
Samuel Johnson. letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights ...
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... King is persuaded of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told the same thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the present time would be considered as ...
... King is persuaded of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told the same thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the present time would be considered as ...
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... King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something ...
... King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something ...
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