LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the " Guardian , " a comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but roughdrawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this ...
... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the " Guardian , " a comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but roughdrawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this ...
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Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other " hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and ...
Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other " hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and ...
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... passing through a place called the Hay - wood Forest , or Haywood in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this accident being related to their father upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at the ...
... passing through a place called the Hay - wood Forest , or Haywood in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this accident being related to their father upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at the ...
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... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit ; a companion from whom little could be expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction . to Manso marquis of Villa , who had before been the patron of Taffo . Manso was enough delighted ...
... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit ; a companion from whom little could be expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction . to Manso marquis of Villa , who had before been the patron of Taffo . Manso was enough delighted ...
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... passed the life of Butler , a man whose name can only perish with his language . The mode and place of his education are un- known ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is , that he was ...
... passed the life of Butler , a man whose name can only perish with his language . The mode and place of his education are un- known ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is , that he was ...
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