The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... obtained an order to be created doctor of physic ; which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will of some of his friends ) he went into France again , having made a copy of verses on Oliver's death . " This is no ...
... obtained an order to be created doctor of physic ; which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will of some of his friends ) he went into France again , having made a copy of verses on Oliver's death . " This is no ...
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... obtained , by the interest of the Earl of St. Alban's and the 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 ...
... obtained , by the interest of the Earl of St. Alban's and the 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 ...
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... , which has never yet obtained its due commendation . Nothing is far sought , or hard - laboured ; but all is easy without feeble- ness , and familiar without grossness . It has been observed by Felton , in his Essay 46 COWLEY .
... , which has never yet obtained its due commendation . Nothing is far sought , or hard - laboured ; but all is easy without feeble- ness , and familiar without grossness . It has been observed by Felton , in his Essay 46 COWLEY .
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... obtained that which many missed the re- ward of his loyalty ; being made surveyor of the King's build- ings , and dignified with the order of the Bath . He seems now to have learned some attention to money ; for Wood says , that he got ...
... obtained that which many missed the re- ward of his loyalty ; being made surveyor of the King's build- ings , and dignified with the order of the Bath . He seems now to have learned some attention to money ; for Wood says , that he got ...
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... obtained permission to live in quiet , he supported himself so honourably by chamber- practice , that , soon after the accession of King James , he was knighted , and made a judge ; but , his constitution being too weak for business ...
... obtained permission to live in quiet , he supported himself so honourably by chamber- practice , that , soon after the accession of King James , he was knighted , and made a judge ; but , his constitution being too weak for business ...
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