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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 ...
Page 304
... afterwards amplified , and placed [ 1669 ] before Cowley's English works , which were by will committed to his care . Ecclesiastical benefices now fell fast upon him . In 1668 he became a prebendary of Westminster , and had afterwards ...
... afterwards amplified , and placed [ 1669 ] before Cowley's English works , which were by will committed to his care . Ecclesiastical benefices now fell fast upon him . In 1668 he became a prebendary of Westminster , and had afterwards ...
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... afterwards presented the collection to Boileau , who , from that time , " conceived , " says Tickell , " an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better known of Boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish ...
... afterwards presented the collection to Boileau , who , from that time , " conceived , " says Tickell , " an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better known of Boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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