Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page xii
... death by drowning in the Isis in 1862 robbed the University of ' a great and beneficent influence , ' to quote the late Master of Balliol , and was lamented in an eloquent tribute by Stanley in a farewell sermon to the University3 . The ...
... death by drowning in the Isis in 1862 robbed the University of ' a great and beneficent influence , ' to quote the late Master of Balliol , and was lamented in an eloquent tribute by Stanley in a farewell sermon to the University3 . The ...
Page xvi
... death of his uncle , Sir Rowland Hill , he was called upon to edit his History of Penny Postage , and to write his Life . In 1880 also , General Gordon's brother , Sir Henry Gordon , entrusted him with the duty of editing the letters ...
... death of his uncle , Sir Rowland Hill , he was called upon to edit his History of Penny Postage , and to write his Life . In 1880 also , General Gordon's brother , Sir Henry Gordon , entrusted him with the duty of editing the letters ...
Page xxii
... death the work was almost ready for the printer's hands . A few additions and some research , rendered comparatively easy by the precision with which he worked and the good order in which his papers were kept , were alone needed . In ...
... death the work was almost ready for the printer's hands . A few additions and some research , rendered comparatively easy by the precision with which he worked and the good order in which his papers were kept , were alone needed . In ...
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... death . Masson's Milton , iii . 495 ; Clarendon's Hist . vii . 622 , 633. Cowley , in his will , described him as ' my Lord and once kind Master . ' Cunningham , Lives of the Poets , i . 63. See post , WALLER , 23 , 63 п . , 104 . are ...
... death . Masson's Milton , iii . 495 ; Clarendon's Hist . vii . 622 , 633. Cowley , in his will , described him as ' my Lord and once kind Master . ' Cunningham , Lives of the Poets , i . 63. See post , WALLER , 23 , 63 п . , 104 . are ...
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... death 5. ' 26 This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told them any secrets ...
... death 5. ' 26 This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told them any secrets ...
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