The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... afterwards Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an 1 * COWLEY . 3.
... afterwards Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an 1 * COWLEY . 3.
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... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things ...
... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things ...
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... afterward censured as a satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of ...
... afterward censured as a satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of ...
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... afterwards to Chertsey , in Surry . He seems , however , to have lost part of his dread of the hum of men . * He thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking ...
... afterwards to Chertsey , in Surry . He seems , however , to have lost part of his dread of the hum of men . * He thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking ...
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... afterwards , his father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered " as a dreaming young ...
... afterwards , his father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered " as a dreaming young ...
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