LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... 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 Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl ...
... 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 Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl ...
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... Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real importance , with real men and real women , and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of ...
... Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real importance , with real men and real women , and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of ...
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... lord Crofts pro- cured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch , that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders , who , in a country of very little commerce and of great ...
... lord Crofts pro- cured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch , that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders , who , in a country of very little commerce and of great ...
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... Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe * ; but we never can refuse to any modern the liberty of borrowing from ...
... Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe * ; but we never can refuse to any modern the liberty of borrowing from ...
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... Lord Bishop of Armagh . I have transcribed this title to shew , by his contemptuous mention of Usher , that he had now adopted the puritanical savageness of manners . His next work was , The Reason of Church Government urged against ...
... Lord Bishop of Armagh . I have transcribed this title to shew , by his contemptuous mention of Usher , that he had now adopted the puritanical savageness of manners . His next work was , The Reason of Church Government urged against ...
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