Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 171
... known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent in that age for genius and literature ; but known so little to his advantage , that they who read his character will not much condemn Sacharissa , that she did not descend ...
... known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent in that age for genius and literature ; but known so little to his advantage , that they who read his character will not much condemn Sacharissa , that she did not descend ...
Page 191
... known , with nicety , which certainly none to whom he was not known can presume to emulate . It is therefore inserted here , with such remarks as others have supplied ; after which , nothing remains but a critical examination of his ...
... known , with nicety , which certainly none to whom he was not known can presume to emulate . It is therefore inserted here , with such remarks as others have supplied ; after which , nothing remains but a critical examination of his ...
Page 193
... known till he had obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at ...
... known till he had obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at ...
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