Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... acquaintance with the bishop , and being familiarly conversant with Kelly his secretary , fell under suspicion , and was taken into custody . Upon his examination he was charged with a danger- ous correspondence with Kelly . The ...
... acquaintance with the bishop , and being familiarly conversant with Kelly his secretary , fell under suspicion , and was taken into custody . Upon his examination he was charged with a danger- ous correspondence with Kelly . The ...
Page 157
... acquaintance than any man ever before attained , there being scarcely any person eminent on any account to whom he was not known , or whose character he was not in some degree able to delineate . To the acquisition of this extensive ...
... acquaintance than any man ever before attained , there being scarcely any person eminent on any account to whom he was not known , or whose character he was not in some degree able to delineate . To the acquisition of this extensive ...
Page 226
... acquaintance both with human and pub- lick affairs , as is not easily conceived to have been attain- able by a boy ... acquainted with modern languages ; and removed for a time to London , that he might study French and Italian ...
... acquaintance both with human and pub- lick affairs , as is not easily conceived to have been attain- able by a boy ... acquainted with modern languages ; and removed for a time to London , that he might study French and Italian ...
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