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Page 55
... afterwards , his father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was con- sidered as a dreaming young ...
... afterwards , his father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was con- sidered as a dreaming young ...
Page 79
... afterwards received her father and her brothers in his own house , when they were distressed , with other Royalists . He published about the same time his Areopagitica , a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of un- licensed ...
... afterwards received her father and her brothers in his own house , when they were distressed , with other Royalists . He published about the same time his Areopagitica , a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of un- licensed ...
Page 110
... afterwards obliged to return . Two thousand pounds , which he had placed in the Excise - office , were also lost . There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence . His wants , being few , were competently ...
... afterwards obliged to return . Two thousand pounds , which he had placed in the Excise - office , were also lost . There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence . His wants , being few , were competently ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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