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... published a treatise of Reformation , in two books , against the Established Church ; being willing to help the Puritans , who were , he says , inferior to the prelates in learning . Hall , Bishop of Norwich , had published an Humble ...
... published a treatise of Reformation , in two books , against the Established Church ; being willing to help the Puritans , who were , he says , inferior to the prelates in learning . Hall , Bishop of Norwich , had published an Humble ...
Page 185
... published . Here appears a strange inconsistency ; but Langbaine affords some help , by relating that the answer to Howard was not published in the first edition of the play [ 1667 ] , but was added [ 1668 ] when it was afterwards ...
... published . Here appears a strange inconsistency ; but Langbaine affords some help , by relating that the answer to Howard was not published in the first edition of the play [ 1667 ] , but was added [ 1668 ] when it was afterwards ...
Page 304
... published Observations on Sorbiere's Voyage into England , in a Letter to Mr. Wren . This is a work not ill performed ; but perhaps rewarded with at least its full proportion of praise . In 1668 he published Cowley's Latin poems , and ...
... published Observations on Sorbiere's Voyage into England , in a Letter to Mr. Wren . This is a work not ill performed ; but perhaps rewarded with at least its full proportion of praise . In 1668 he published Cowley's Latin poems , and ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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