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... passed be- tween the King and Queen ; an employment of was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . Two years after his settlement at Cambridge he published ...
... passed be- tween the King and Queen ; an employment of was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . Two years after his settlement at Cambridge he published ...
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... passed of course into other hands ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 , sent back into England , that " under pre- tence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of ...
... passed of course into other hands ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 , sent back into England , that " under pre- tence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of ...
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... passed by many , and particularly by his con- temporary Cowley . Of the powers of the mind it is difficult to form an estimate : many have excelled Milton in their first essays , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen ...
... passed by many , and particularly by his con- temporary Cowley . Of the powers of the mind it is difficult to form an estimate : many have excelled Milton in their first essays , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen ...
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... passing through a place called the Hay- He went to the University with a design of wood forest , or , Haywood , in Herefordshire , were entering into the church , but in time altered benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this ...
... passing through a place called the Hay- He went to the University with a design of wood forest , or , Haywood , in Herefordshire , were entering into the church , but in time altered benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this ...
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... passed on to Naples , in com- pany of a hermit , a companion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who Manso had been before the patron of Tasso . was enough delighted ...
... passed on to Naples , in com- pany of a hermit , a companion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who Manso had been before the patron of Tasso . was enough delighted ...
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