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Page 91
... told by Richardson in his Memoirs , which he received from Pope , as delivered by Betterton , who might have heard if from Davenant . In the war between the King and Parliament , Davenant was made prisoner , and condemned to die ; but ...
... told by Richardson in his Memoirs , which he received from Pope , as delivered by Betterton , who might have heard if from Davenant . In the war between the King and Parliament , Davenant was made prisoner , and condemned to die ; but ...
Page 98
... told of other authors , and , though doubtless true of every fertile and copious mind , seems to have been gratuitously trans- ferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem ...
... told of other authors , and , though doubtless true of every fertile and copious mind , seems to have been gratuitously trans- ferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem ...
Page 422
... told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer know The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminatio of character , and the minute peculiarities of conduct , soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that capri obstinacy ...
... told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer know The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminatio of character , and the minute peculiarities of conduct , soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that capri obstinacy ...
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