Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... Sprat , " weary of the vexa- tions and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed with a long ... Thomas Sprat " Chertsey , 21 May , 1665 . " The first night that I came hither I caught so great a cold , with a defluxion ...
... Sprat , " weary of the vexa- tions and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed with a long ... Thomas Sprat " Chertsey , 21 May , 1665 . " The first night that I came hither I caught so great a cold , with a defluxion ...
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... Thomas Cowley , the poet's brother , on the 31st August , 1667 , and first printed ( by the present Editor ) in The ... Sprat , twenty pounds ; To Mr. Thomas Cook , twenty pounds ; To Dr. Charles Scarburgh , twenty pounds ; To Dr. Thomas ...
... Thomas Cowley , the poet's brother , on the 31st August , 1667 , and first printed ( by the present Editor ) in The ... Sprat , twenty pounds ; To Mr. Thomas Cook , twenty pounds ; To Dr. Charles Scarburgh , twenty pounds ; To Dr. Thomas ...
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Samuel Johnson. THOMAS SPRAT 1636-1713 Born at Tallaton , in Devonshire - Educated at Oxford - His Poem on Cromwell's Death - Made Chaplain to Villiers , Duke of Buckingham— His Friendship with Cowley - Made Vicar ... THOMAS SPRAT (1636-1713)
Samuel Johnson. THOMAS SPRAT 1636-1713 Born at Tallaton , in Devonshire - Educated at Oxford - His Poem on Cromwell's Death - Made Chaplain to Villiers , Duke of Buckingham— His Friendship with Cowley - Made Vicar ... THOMAS SPRAT (1636-1713)
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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