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... poet , and from whom is derived the only authentic account of his domestick manners . John , the poet , was born in his father's house , at the Spread - Eagle in Bread - street , Dec. 9 , 1608 , between six and seven in the morning ...
... poet , and from whom is derived the only authentic account of his domestick manners . John , the poet , was born in his father's house , at the Spread - Eagle in Bread - street , Dec. 9 , 1608 , between six and seven in the morning ...
Page 270
... poet , whoever he might be . Much of the personal satire , to which it might owe its first reception , is now lost ... poet . There were other strokes in the Rehearsal by which malice was gratified : the debate between Love and Honour ...
... poet , whoever he might be . Much of the personal satire , to which it might owe its first reception , is now lost ... poet . There were other strokes in the Rehearsal by which malice was gratified : the debate between Love and Honour ...
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... poet , and a worse critick . His poetry is first to be considered ; of which it must be confessed that it has not often those felicities of diction which give lustre to sentiments , or that vigour of sentiment that animates diction ...
... poet , and a worse critick . His poetry is first to be considered ; of which it must be confessed that it has not often those felicities of diction which give lustre to sentiments , or that vigour of sentiment that animates diction ...
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