Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 55
... published ' The Sophy . ' This seems to have given him his first hold of the publick attention ; for Waller remarked , ' that he broke out like the Irish rebellion three score thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least ...
... published ' The Sophy . ' This seems to have given him his first hold of the publick attention ; for Waller remarked , ' that he broke out like the Irish rebellion three score thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least ...
Page 73
... published a treatise of Reformation , in two books , against the established Church ; being willing to help the Puritans , who were , he says , inferior to the Prelates in learning . Hall , bishop of Norwich , had published an Humble ...
... published a treatise of Reformation , in two books , against the established Church ; being willing to help the Puritans , who were , he says , inferior to the Prelates in learning . Hall , bishop of Norwich , had published an Humble ...
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... published . Here appears a strange inconsistency ; but Langbaine affords some help , by relating that the answer to Howard was not published in the first edition of the play , but was added when it was afterwards reprinted ; and as the ...
... published . Here appears a strange inconsistency ; but Langbaine affords some help , by relating that the answer to Howard was not published in the first edition of the play , but was added when it was afterwards reprinted ; and as the ...
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