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About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the
Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl
of St . Alban ' s , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause ...
About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the
Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl
of St . Alban ' s , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause ...
Page 5
At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of
real importance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much
employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr .
Bennett ...
At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of
real importance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much
employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr .
Bennett ...
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Several lights will not be seen , If there be nothing else between . Men doubt ,
because they stand so thick i ' th ' sky , If those be stars which paint the galaxy . In
his verses to Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise ...
Several lights will not be seen , If there be nothing else between . Men doubt ,
because they stand so thick i ' th ' sky , If those be stars which paint the galaxy . In
his verses to Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise ...
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... write occasional verses ; one of which amusements was probably his ode or
song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a
contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that
kingdom .
... write occasional verses ; one of which amusements was probably his ode or
song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a
contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that
kingdom .
Page 60
It might be supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ;
but Milton found time to write the mask of “ Comus , " which was presented at
Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the
...
It might be supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ;
but Milton found time to write the mask of “ Comus , " which was presented at
Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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