The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the " Guardian , " a comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That ...
... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the " Guardian , " a comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That ...
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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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... passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things ...
... passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things ...
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... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit , a companion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted ...
... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit , a companion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted ...
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Samuel Johnson. learned professors of divinity . From Geneva he passed through France ; and came home , after an absence of a year and three months . At his return he heard of the death of his friend Charles Diodati ; a man whom it is ...
Samuel Johnson. learned professors of divinity . From Geneva he passed through France ; and came home , after an absence of a year and three months . At his return he heard of the death of his friend Charles Diodati ; a man whom it is ...
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