LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... published " Love's Riddle , " with a poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious ; and " Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due ...
... published " Love's Riddle , " with a poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious ; and " Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due ...
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... published a satire , called " I he Puritan " and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection of his works * ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he ...
... published a satire , called " I he Puritan " and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection of his works * ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he ...
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... published a beak of profane and lascivious Verses . From the charge of profaneness , the con- stant tenour of his life , which seems to have been eminently virtuous , and the general tendency of his opinions , which discover no ...
... published a beak of profane and lascivious Verses . From the charge of profaneness , the con- stant tenour of his life , which seems to have been eminently virtuous , and the general tendency of his opinions , which discover no ...
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... published " An Essay upon Gaming . " He seems to have divided his ftudies between law and poetry ; for , in 1636 , he translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his ...
... published " An Essay upon Gaming . " He seems to have divided his ftudies between law and poetry ; for , in 1636 , he translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his ...
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... published a treatise of Re- formation , in two books , against the established Church ; being willing to help the Puritans , who were , he says , inferior to the Prelates in learning . Hal bishop of Norwich , had published an Humble ...
... published a treatise of Re- formation , in two books , against the established Church ; being willing to help the Puritans , who were , he says , inferior to the Prelates in learning . Hal bishop of Norwich , had published an Humble ...
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