The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... MILTON 56 BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS 193 WALSH 205 DRYDEN 207 SMITH DUKE 304 322 KING 323 • • VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . PAGE SPRAT HALIFAX.
... MILTON 56 BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS 193 WALSH 205 DRYDEN 207 SMITH DUKE 304 322 KING 323 • • VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . PAGE SPRAT HALIFAX.
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... before any disreputable compli- ances became necessary . He had likewise a daughter , Anne , whom he married with considerable fortune to Edward Philips , who came from Shrewsbury , and rose in the Crown - office to 56 MILTON . MILTON.
... before any disreputable compli- ances became necessary . He had likewise a daughter , Anne , whom he married with considerable fortune to Edward Philips , who came from Shrewsbury , and rose in the Crown - office to 56 MILTON . MILTON.
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... Philips , his sister's sons . Finding his rooms too little , he took a house and garden in Aldersgate - street , which was not then so much out of the world as it is now ; and chose his dwelling at the upper end of a passage , that he ...
... Philips , his sister's sons . Finding his rooms too little , he took a house and garden in Aldersgate - street , which was not then so much out of the world as it is now ; and chose his dwelling at the upper end of a passage , that he ...
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... Philips , of which perhaps none of my readers has ever heard . That in his school , as in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great diligence , there is no reason for doubt- ing . One part of his method deserves ...
... Philips , of which perhaps none of my readers has ever heard . That in his school , as in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great diligence , there is no reason for doubt- ing . One part of his method deserves ...
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... Philips relates , " having for a month led a philosophic life , after having been used at home to a great house , and much company and joviality , her friends , possibly by her own desire , made earnest suit to have her company the ...
... Philips relates , " having for a month led a philosophic life , after having been used at home to a great house , and much company and joviality , her friends , possibly by her own desire , made earnest suit to have her company the ...
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