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... obtained an order to be created doctor of physic ; which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will of some of his friends ) he went into France again , having made a copy of verses on Oliver's death . " " He continued ...
... obtained an order to be created doctor of physic ; which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will of some of his friends ) he went into France again , having made a copy of verses on Oliver's death . " " He continued ...
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... obtained , by the interest of the Earl of St. Alban's and the Duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was ...
... obtained , by the interest of the Earl of St. Alban's and the Duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was ...
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... obtained its due commendation . Nothing is far sought , or hard - laboured ; but all is easy without feebleness , and familiar with- out grossness . It has been observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classics , that Cowley was beloved ...
... obtained its due commendation . Nothing is far sought , or hard - laboured ; but all is easy without feebleness , and familiar with- out grossness . It has been observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classics , that Cowley was beloved ...
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... obtained that which many missed the reward of his loyalty ; being made surveyor of the king's buildings , and dignified with the order of the Bath . He seems now to have learned some attention to money ; for Wood says , that he got by ...
... obtained that which many missed the reward of his loyalty ; being made surveyor of the king's buildings , and dignified with the order of the Bath . He seems now to have learned some attention to money ; for Wood says , that he got by ...
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... obtained praise , but not excited wonder . Many of his elegies appear to have been writ- married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welch family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Christopher , who studied the law ...
... obtained praise , but not excited wonder . Many of his elegies appear to have been writ- married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welch family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Christopher , who studied the law ...
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