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... thought freemen of their 66 66 company without paying fome duties , or " obliging themselves to be true to Love . " This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and ...
... thought freemen of their 66 66 company without paying fome duties , or " obliging themselves to be true to Love . " This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and ...
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... thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Ar- Jington , from April to December in 1650 , are preferved in " Mifcellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These ...
... thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Ar- Jington , from April to December in 1650 , are preferved in " Mifcellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These ...
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... thought proper , fitted his old Comedy of the " Guardian " for the ftage , he produced it * under the title of " The Cutter of Cole- " man - ftreet + . " It was treated on the stage with great severity , and was afterwards cen- fured as ...
... thought proper , fitted his old Comedy of the " Guardian " for the ftage , he produced it * under the title of " The Cutter of Cole- " man - ftreet + . " It was treated on the stage with great severity , and was afterwards cen- fured as ...
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... have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly ; Writ verfes unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him 22 COWLEY .
... have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly ; Writ verfes unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him 22 COWLEY .
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... thought himself now safe enough from intrufion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and instead of feek- ing shelter in America , wifely went only fo far from the bustle of life as that he might easily find his way back ...
... thought himself now safe enough from intrufion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and instead of feek- ing shelter in America , wifely went only fo far from the bustle of life as that he might easily find his way back ...
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