Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 93
... told by Richardson in his Memoirs , which he received from Pope , as delivered by Betterton , who might have heard it from Dave- nant . In the war between the King and Parliament , Davenant was made prisoner , and condemned to die ; but ...
... told by Richardson in his Memoirs , which he received from Pope , as delivered by Betterton , who might have heard it from Dave- nant . In the war between the King and Parliament , Davenant was made prisoner , and condemned to die ; but ...
Page 100
... told of other authors , and , though doubtless true of every fertile and copious mind , seems to have been gratui- tously transferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem ...
... told of other authors , and , though doubtless true of every fertile and copious mind , seems to have been gratui- tously transferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem ...
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... told him , I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die . What effect this awful scene had on the earl I know not ; he likewise died himself in a short time . In Tickell's excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines ...
... told him , I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die . What effect this awful scene had on the earl I know not ; he likewise died himself in a short time . In Tickell's excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines ...
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