Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 184
... Waller took , and spoke every day with impunity against the sense and proceedings of the house . " Waller , as he continued to sit , was one of the com- missioners nominated by the parliament to treat with the king at Oxford ; and when ...
... Waller took , and spoke every day with impunity against the sense and proceedings of the house . " Waller , as he continued to sit , was one of the com- missioners nominated by the parliament to treat with the king at Oxford ; and when ...
Page 190
... Waller having had a conference with the Lord Portland in an upper room , Lord Portland said , when he came down , Do me the favour to tell my Lord Northumberland , that Mr. Waller has extremely pressed me to save my own life and his ...
... Waller having had a conference with the Lord Portland in an upper room , Lord Portland said , when he came down , Do me the favour to tell my Lord Northumberland , that Mr. Waller has extremely pressed me to save my own life and his ...
Page 195
... Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served for different places in all the parliaments of that reign . In a time when fancy and gaiety were the most powerful recommendations to regard , it is not likely that Waller was forgotten ...
... Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served for different places in all the parliaments of that reign . In a time when fancy and gaiety were the most powerful recommendations to regard , it is not likely that Waller was forgotten ...
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