The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and ...
... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and ...
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... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm resolv'd to search for thee ; The search ...
... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm resolv'd to search for thee ; The search ...
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... probably concluded , because this trunca- tion is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet : because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recita- tion ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that ...
... probably concluded , because this trunca- tion is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet : because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recita- tion ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that ...
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... probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant ...
... probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant ...
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... probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welsh family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Chris- topher ...
... probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welsh family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Chris- topher ...
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