Lives of the English Poets: Abraham Cowley. Sir John Denham. John Milton. Samuel Butler. Earl of Rochester. Earl of Roscommon. Thomas Otway. Edmund Waller. John Dryden. John Pomfret. Earl of Dorset. George Stepney. John Philips. William Walsh. Edmund Smith. Richard Duke. William King. Thomas Sprat. Earl of Halifax. Thomas Parnell. Samuel Garth. Nicholas Rowe. Joseph Addison. John Hughes. John Sheffield, duke of Buckinghamshire. Matthew PriorOxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... afterwards , his father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was con- sidered as a dreaming young ...
... afterwards , his father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was con- sidered as a dreaming young ...
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... afterwards , he found them destroyed , to stop windows , and owns that they hardly deserved a better fate . He was afterwards admitted into the family of the Countess of Kent , where he had the use of a library ; and so much recommended ...
... afterwards , he found them destroyed , to stop windows , and owns that they hardly deserved a better fate . He was afterwards admitted into the family of the Countess of Kent , where he had the use of a library ; and so much recommended ...
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... afterwards the church of St. Margaret , adjoining to the Abbey . He was in 1680 made canon of Windsor , in 1683 dean of Westminster , and in 1684 bishop of Rochester . The Court having thus a claim to his diligence and gratitude , he ...
... afterwards the church of St. Margaret , adjoining to the Abbey . He was in 1680 made canon of Windsor , in 1683 dean of Westminster , and in 1684 bishop of Rochester . The Court having thus a claim to his diligence and gratitude , he ...
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