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... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and ...
... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and ...
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... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be Yet I'm resolv'd to search for thee ; The search ...
... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be Yet I'm resolv'd to search for thee ; The search ...
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... probably concluded , because his trunca- tion is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet : because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that can ...
... probably concluded , because his trunca- tion is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet : because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that can ...
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... probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribu- tion of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by ...
... probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribu- tion of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by ...
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... that he grew rich , and re- tired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He " " " " He took both the usual degrees 24 MILTON . FENTON.
... that he grew rich , and re- tired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He " " " " He took both the usual degrees 24 MILTON . FENTON.
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