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... soon distinguished . He was wont , says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural ...
... soon distinguished . He was wont , says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural ...
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... soon 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 ...
... soon 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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... soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro : Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ...
... soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro : Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ...
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... soon re- signed that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published " Cooper's Hill . " This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . A report was spread , that the ...
... soon re- signed that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published " Cooper's Hill . " This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . A report was spread , that the ...
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... soon determined to repudiate her for disobedience ; and , being one of those who could easily find arguments to justify inclination , published ( in 1644 ) " The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce ; " which was followed by " The ...
... soon determined to repudiate her for disobedience ; and , being one of those who could easily find arguments to justify inclination , published ( in 1644 ) " The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce ; " which was followed by " The ...
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