LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... king , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended .. About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
... king , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended .. About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
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... King is persuaded " of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all " the rest ) Virgil has told the same thing to that purpose . " " This expression from a secretary of the present time ,, would be ...
... King is persuaded " of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all " the rest ) Virgil has told the same thing to that purpose . " " This expression from a secretary of the present time ,, would be ...
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... King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , " he received the news of his ill success , not with so much ...
... King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , " he received the news of his ill success , not with so much ...
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... king was plac'd alone , and o'er his head A well - wrought heaven of silk and gold was spread . Whatever he writes is always polluted with some conceit : Where the sun's fruitful beams give metals birth , Where he the growth of fatal ...
... king was plac'd alone , and o'er his head A well - wrought heaven of silk and gold was spread . Whatever he writes is always polluted with some conceit : Where the sun's fruitful beams give metals birth , Where he the growth of fatal ...
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... king ; and , by whatever means , so far softened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that by his intercession admission was procured . Of the king's condescension he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was afterwards ...
... king ; and , by whatever means , so far softened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that by his intercession admission was procured . Of the king's condescension he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was afterwards ...
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