LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish , gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and ...
... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish , gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and ...
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... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another ; Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm resolved to search for thee ; The search ...
... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another ; Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm resolved to search for thee ; The search ...
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... , to divert the melancholy of their condition , was sometimes enjoined by his master to write occasional verses ; one of which amusements was probably his VOL . I G odc ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by DENHAM . 41.
... , to divert the melancholy of their condition , was sometimes enjoined by his master to write occasional verses ; one of which amusements was probably his VOL . I G odc ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by DENHAM . 41.
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... probably punishment . This poem , which mentions his exile , proves likewise that it was not perpetua ! ; for it concludes with a resolution of returning some time to Cambridge . And it may be conjectured from the willingness with which ...
... probably punishment . This poem , which mentions his exile , proves likewise that it was not perpetua ! ; for it concludes with a resolution of returning some time to Cambridge . And it may be conjectured from the willingness with which ...
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... probably considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed , as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick Spanheim , two learned professors of Divinity . From Geneva he passed through ...
... probably considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed , as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick Spanheim , two learned professors of Divinity . From Geneva he passed through ...
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