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In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies with great intenseness : for he is said to have written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work , of which the materials ...
In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies with great intenseness : for he is said to have written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work , of which the materials ...
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... by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who flourished in , the reigns of James and Charles I. and of whom a life is given in the Bio" He continued , " says his biographer , " under graphia Britannica .
... by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who flourished in , the reigns of James and Charles I. and of whom a life is given in the Bio" He continued , " says his biographer , " under graphia Britannica .
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Bacon remarks , that some falsehoods are continued by tradition , because they supply commodious allusions . It gave a piteous groan , and so it broke In vain it something would have spoke ; The love within too strong for❜t was ...
Bacon remarks , that some falsehoods are continued by tradition , because they supply commodious allusions . It gave a piteous groan , and so it broke In vain it something would have spoke ; The love within too strong for❜t was ...
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... continued to delight through all the changes of human manners , he contented himself with a deciduous laurel , of which the verdure in its spring was bright and gay , but which time has been continually stealing from his brows .
... continued to delight through all the changes of human manners , he contented himself with a deciduous laurel , of which the verdure in its spring was bright and gay , but which time has been continually stealing from his brows .
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Philips , evidently impatient of viewing him in this state of degradation , tells us that it was not long continued : and , to raise his character again , has a mind to invest him with military splendour : " He is much mistaken ...
Philips , evidently impatient of viewing him in this state of degradation , tells us that it was not long continued : and , to raise his character again , has a mind to invest him with military splendour : " He is much mistaken ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Jones & Company, 1825 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 363 pages |
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