LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion " of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London he was seized by some messengers of the ...
... sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion " of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London he was seized by some messengers of the ...
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Samuel Johnson. In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered " as a dreaming " young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; " and therefore gave no prognosticks of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal ...
Samuel Johnson. In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered " as a dreaming " young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; " and therefore gave no prognosticks of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal ...
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... sent to St. Paul's School , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and re- moved , in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's College in Carn- bridge , where he entered a sizar * , Feb. 12 , 1624 . He was at this time eminently skilled ...
... sent to St. Paul's School , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and re- moved , in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's College in Carn- bridge , where he entered a sizar * , Feb. 12 , 1624 . He was at this time eminently skilled ...
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... sent away a collection of music and other books , travelled to Geneva , which he probably considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed , as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick ...
... sent away a collection of music and other books , travelled to Geneva , which he probably considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed , as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick ...
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... sent her a letter , but had no answer ; he sent more with the same success . It could be alledged that letters miscarry ; he therefore dis- patched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back ...
... sent her a letter , but had no answer ; he sent more with the same success . It could be alledged that letters miscarry ; he therefore dis- patched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back ...
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