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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Page 169
... answered , " No put - offs , my Lord ; answer me presently . " " Then , Sir , " said he , " I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money ; for he offers it . " Mr. Waller said , the company was pleased with this answer ...
... answered , " No put - offs , my Lord ; answer me presently . " " Then , Sir , " said he , " I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money ; for he offers it . " Mr. Waller said , the company was pleased with this answer ...
Page 175
... answer of the Lords , commended in this house , to a proposition of like nature , but of less consequence ; they gave no other reason of their refusal but this , Nolumus mutare Leges Angliae : it was the Bishops who so answered then ...
... answer of the Lords , commended in this house , to a proposition of like nature , but of less consequence ; they gave no other reason of their refusal but this , Nolumus mutare Leges Angliae : it was the Bishops who so answered then ...
Page 264
... answers , now both forgotten ; one called Azaria and Hushai ; the other Absalom Senior . Of these hostile compositions ... answer called The Medal Reversed , with so much success in both encounters , that he left the palm doubtful , and ...
... answers , now both forgotten ; one called Azaria and Hushai ; the other Absalom Senior . Of these hostile compositions ... answer called The Medal Reversed , with so much success in both encounters , that he left the palm doubtful , and ...
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