The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... sent back into England , that " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London , he was seized by some messengers of the ...
... sent back into England , that " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London , he was seized by some messengers of the ...
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... world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . Johnson's Lives . I. 2 On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps COWLEY . 17.
... world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . Johnson's Lives . I. 2 On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps COWLEY . 17.
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... sent to Oxford , where he was considered as a dreaming young man , given more to dice and cards than study : " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a ...
... sent to Oxford , where he was considered as a dreaming young man , given more to dice and cards than study : " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a ...
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... sent to St. Paul's School , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and removed , in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's College , in Cambridge , where he entered a sizar , Feb. 12 , 1624 . He was at this time eminently skilled in ...
... sent to St. Paul's School , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and removed , in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's College , in Cambridge , where he entered a sizar , Feb. 12 , 1624 . He was at this time eminently skilled in ...
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... sent away a collection of music and other books , travelled to Geneva , which he probably considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick ...
... sent away a collection of music and other books , travelled to Geneva , which he probably considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick ...
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