Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... AUBREY , Brief Lives , i . 189. See also Wood's Fasti Oxon . ii . 209 . ' His father , Thomas Cowley , was a citizen and stationer of the parish of St. Michael at Querne , a church in Cheapside , destroyed in the Great Fire , and not ...
... AUBREY , Brief Lives , i . 189. See also Wood's Fasti Oxon . ii . 209 . ' His father , Thomas Cowley , was a citizen and stationer of the parish of St. Michael at Querne , a church in Cheapside , destroyed in the Great Fire , and not ...
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... Aubrey tells how at Oxford Harvey grew acquainted with Dr. Charles Scarborough , then a young physitian ; and whereas before he marched up and downe with the army , he tooke him to him , and made him ly in his 1 chamber and said to him ...
... Aubrey tells how at Oxford Harvey grew acquainted with Dr. Charles Scarborough , then a young physitian ; and whereas before he marched up and downe with the army , he tooke him to him , and made him ly in his 1 chamber and said to him ...
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... Aubrey adds : - ' His Grace the Duke of Bucks held a tassell of the pall . ' Brief Lives , i . 190 . Of his epitaph in Latin verse John- son writes : - It is always with in- dignation or contempt that I read it . ... I condemn them ...
... Aubrey adds : - ' His Grace the Duke of Bucks held a tassell of the pall . ' Brief Lives , i . 190 . Of his epitaph in Latin verse John- son writes : - It is always with in- dignation or contempt that I read it . ... I condemn them ...
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... Aubrey ' he dis- coursed very ill and with hesitation . ' Brief Lives , i . 190 . For the conversation of other poets see post , DRYDEN , 168 ; ADDISON , 106 , 117 ; POPE , 264 . * ' Tell me , ' wrote Lamb to Cole- ridge , ' if Cowley's ...
... Aubrey ' he dis- coursed very ill and with hesitation . ' Brief Lives , i . 190 . For the conversation of other poets see post , DRYDEN , 168 ; ADDISON , 106 , 117 ; POPE , 264 . * ' Tell me , ' wrote Lamb to Cole- ridge , ' if Cowley's ...
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... Aubrey tells how ' George , duke of Bucks , came to the earl of St. Albans , and told him he would buy such a lease in Chertsey , belonging to the queen mother . Said the earle to him , " that is beneath your grace to take a lease ...
... Aubrey tells how ' George , duke of Bucks , came to the earl of St. Albans , and told him he would buy such a lease in Chertsey , belonging to the queen mother . Said the earle to him , " that is beneath your grace to take a lease ...
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