The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 93
... Westminster Abbey " To the Author of Paradise Lost , " by Mr. Benson , who has in the inscription bestowed more words upon himself than upon Milton . When the inscription for the monument of Philips , in which he was said to be soli ...
... Westminster Abbey " To the Author of Paradise Lost , " by Mr. Benson , who has in the inscription bestowed more words upon himself than upon Milton . When the inscription for the monument of Philips , in which he was said to be soli ...
Page 95
... Westminster Abbey , which , like other sharers of the plunder of rebellion , he was afterwards obliged to return . Two thousand pounds , which he had placed in the Excise - office , were also lost . There is yet no reason to believe ...
... Westminster Abbey , which , like other sharers of the plunder of rebellion , he was afterwards obliged to return . Two thousand pounds , which he had placed in the Excise - office , were also lost . There is yet no reason to believe ...
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... Westminster Abbey , buried him at his own cost in the churchyard of Covent- garden . Dr. Simon Patrick read the service . Granger was informed by Dr. Pearce , who named for his authority Mr. Lowndes of the Treasury , that Butler had a ...
... Westminster Abbey , buried him at his own cost in the churchyard of Covent- garden . Dr. Simon Patrick read the service . Granger was informed by Dr. Pearce , who named for his authority Mr. Lowndes of the Treasury , that Butler had a ...
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... Westminster Abbey , with this epitaph , which Jacob transcribed :. : - H. S. E. GEORGIUS STEPNEIUS , Armiger , Vir Ob Ingenii acumen , Literarum Scientiam , Morum Suavitatem , Rerum Usum , Virorum Amplissimorum Consuetudinem , Linguæ ...
... Westminster Abbey , with this epitaph , which Jacob transcribed :. : - H. S. E. GEORGIUS STEPNEIUS , Armiger , Vir Ob Ingenii acumen , Literarum Scientiam , Morum Suavitatem , Rerum Usum , Virorum Amplissimorum Consuetudinem , Linguæ ...
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