The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... parliament , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College , in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a satire , called " The Puritan and Papist , which was only inserted in the last collection of his ...
... parliament , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College , in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a satire , called " The Puritan and Papist , which was only inserted in the last collection of his ...
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... parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the Earl of Pembroke . - Of the next years of his life there is no account . At the Restoration he obtained that which many missed the re- ward of his ...
... parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the Earl of Pembroke . - Of the next years of his life there is no account . At the Restoration he obtained that which many missed the re- ward of his ...
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... Milton was flattered with the credit of destroying him . Cromwell had now dismissed the parliament by the authority of which he had destroyed monarchy , and com- menced monarch himself , under the title of Protector , 72 MILTON .
... Milton was flattered with the credit of destroying him . Cromwell had now dismissed the parliament by the authority of which he had destroyed monarchy , and com- menced monarch himself , under the title of Protector , 72 MILTON .
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... parliament should except ; and the parliament doomed none to capital punish- ment but the wretches who had immediately co - operated in the murder of the King . Milton was certainly not one of them ; he had only justified what they had ...
... parliament should except ; and the parliament doomed none to capital punish- ment but the wretches who had immediately co - operated in the murder of the King . Milton was certainly not one of them ; he had only justified what they had ...
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... parliament , Davenant was made prisoner , and condemned to die ; but was spared at the request of Milton . When the turn of success brought Milton into the like danger , Davenant repaid the benefit by appearing in his favour . Here is a ...
... parliament , Davenant was made prisoner , and condemned to die ; but was spared at the request of Milton . When the turn of success brought Milton into the like danger , Davenant repaid the benefit by appearing in his favour . Here is a ...
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