Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page ix
... afterwards Recorder of Birmingham , had left the school before the birth of Birkbeck Hill , to devote themselves to a more public career ; but Arthur Hill found his absorbing interest in education , and in 1833 became head master of the ...
... afterwards Recorder of Birmingham , had left the school before the birth of Birkbeck Hill , to devote themselves to a more public career ; but Arthur Hill found his absorbing interest in education , and in 1833 became head master of the ...
Page xi
... afterwards reflecting that the boy might receive good from the school , he determined to take him , resolving at the same time to devote all the fees to charitable objects . Like Dr. Johnson he might have given as his toast , ' Here's ...
... afterwards reflecting that the boy might receive good from the school , he determined to take him , resolving at the same time to devote all the fees to charitable objects . Like Dr. Johnson he might have given as his toast , ' Here's ...
Page 6
... afterwards Earl of St. Albans 3 , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest ...
... afterwards Earl of St. Albans 3 , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest ...
Page 8
... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are preserved in Miscellanea Aulica , a collection of papers published by Brown 3. These letters , being written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than ...
... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are preserved in Miscellanea Aulica , a collection of papers published by Brown 3. These letters , being written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than ...
Page 9
... afterwards , ' business , ' says Sprat , ' passed of 21 course into other hands ' ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England that , ' under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take ...
... afterwards , ' business , ' says Sprat , ' passed of 21 course into other hands ' ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England that , ' under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take ...
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