LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the parlia ment , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a ...
... sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the parlia ment , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a ...
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... sufficiently at ease that could attend to such minuteness of physiology , But the power of Cowley is not so much to move the affections , as to exercise the understanding . The Chronicle is a composition unrivalled and alone : such ...
... sufficiently at ease that could attend to such minuteness of physiology , But the power of Cowley is not so much to move the affections , as to exercise the understanding . The Chronicle is a composition unrivalled and alone : such ...
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... sufficient appearance of application ; yet did not lose his propensity to cards and dice ; but was very often plundered by gamesters . Being severely reproved for this folly , he professed , and perhaps believed , himself reclaimed ...
... sufficient appearance of application ; yet did not lose his propensity to cards and dice ; but was very often plundered by gamesters . Being severely reproved for this folly , he professed , and perhaps believed , himself reclaimed ...
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... sufficient evidence . About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the earl of Pembroke . Of the next ...
... sufficient evidence . About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the earl of Pembroke . Of the next ...
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... sufficient answer ; which he performed ( 1651 ) in such a manner , that Hobbes declared himself unable to decide whose language was best , or whose arguments were worst . In my opinion , Milton's periods are smoother , neater , and more ...
... sufficient answer ; which he performed ( 1651 ) in such a manner , that Hobbes declared himself unable to decide whose language was best , or whose arguments were worst . In my opinion , Milton's periods are smoother , neater , and more ...
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