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Page 350
The speech is vehement ; but the .great position , that grievances ought to be
redressed before supplies are granted , is agreeable enough to law and reason :
nor was Waller , if his biographer may be credited , such an enemy to the King ,
as ...
The speech is vehement ; but the .great position , that grievances ought to be
redressed before supplies are granted , is agreeable enough to law and reason :
nor was Waller , if his biographer may be credited , such an enemy to the King ,
as ...
Page 357
Waller , as he continued to fit , was one of the commissioners nominated by the
parliament to treat with the king at Oxford ; and when they were presented , the
King said to him , “ Though you are the last , you are not " the lowest nor the least
in ...
Waller , as he continued to fit , was one of the commissioners nominated by the
parliament to treat with the king at Oxford ; and when they were presented , the
King said to him , “ Though you are the last , you are not " the lowest nor the least
in ...
Page 358
The engagement , known by the name of Waller's plot , was soon afterwards
discos : vered . Waller had a brother - in - law , Toma kyns , who was clerk of the
Queen's council , and at the same tiine liad a very numerous acquaintance , and
...
The engagement , known by the name of Waller's plot , was soon afterwards
discos : vered . Waller had a brother - in - law , Toma kyns , who was clerk of the
Queen's council , and at the same tiine liad a very numerous acquaintance , and
...
Page 368
prays , that he may not find the effects of 66 Mr. Waller's threats , by a long and
clofe imprisonment ; but may be speedily brought “ to a legal trial , and then he is
confident t the vanity and falsehood of those informastions which have been
given ...
prays , that he may not find the effects of 66 Mr. Waller's threats , by a long and
clofe imprisonment ; but may be speedily brought “ to a legal trial , and then he is
confident t the vanity and falsehood of those informastions which have been
given ...
Page 390
This was Morley , whom Waller set free at the expence of one hundred pounds ,
took him into the country as director of his studies , and then procured him
admission into the company of the friends of literature . Of this fact , Clarendon
had a ...
This was Morley , whom Waller set free at the expence of one hundred pounds ,
took him into the country as director of his studies , and then procured him
admission into the company of the friends of literature . Of this fact , Clarendon
had a ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 1 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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