LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 52
... received with kindness by the Learned and the Great . Holstenius , the keeper of the Vatican library , who had resided three years at Oxford , introduced him to Cardinal Barberini : and he , at a musical entertainment , waited for him ...
... received with kindness by the Learned and the Great . Holstenius , the keeper of the Vatican library , who had resided three years at Oxford , introduced him to Cardinal Barberini : and he , at a musical entertainment , waited for him ...
Page 57
... received her father afid her bro thers in his own house , when they were distressed , with other Royalists . He published about the same time his Areopagitica , a Speech of Mr. John Mila ton for the liberty of unlicensed Printing . The ...
... received her father afid her bro thers in his own house , when they were distressed , with other Royalists . He published about the same time his Areopagitica , a Speech of Mr. John Mila ton for the liberty of unlicensed Printing . The ...
Page 65
... received from Pope , as de- livered by Betterton , who might have heard it from Davenant . In the war between the King and Parliament , Davenant was made prisoner and con- VOL . I. K demned demned to die ; but was spared at the request ...
... received from Pope , as de- livered by Betterton , who might have heard it from Davenant . In the war between the King and Parliament , Davenant was made prisoner and con- VOL . I. K demned demned to die ; but was spared at the request ...
Page 91
... received universal praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Samson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired . It could only be by long prejudice , and the bigotry of learning , that Milton could prefer the ...
... received universal praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Samson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired . It could only be by long prejudice , and the bigotry of learning , that Milton could prefer the ...
Page 94
... received from him as a recompence the papers called his Remains . Life of the Lord - keeper Guildford , p . 289. These have since been given to the public by Mr. Thyer of Manchester ; and the originals are now in the hands of the Rev ...
... received from him as a recompence the papers called his Remains . Life of the Lord - keeper Guildford , p . 289. These have since been given to the public by Mr. Thyer of Manchester ; and the originals are now in the hands of the Rev ...
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