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... King , and amongst others of Lord Falk- land , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrender- * In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies with great in ...
... King , and amongst others of Lord Falk- land , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrender- * In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies with great in ...
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... King Charles I. and Lord Falkland being in the Bodleian Library , made this experiment of their fu- ture fortunes , and net with passages equally omi- nous to each . That of the King was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus ...
... King Charles I. and Lord Falkland being in the Bodleian Library , made this experiment of their fu- ture fortunes , and net with passages equally omi- nous to each . That of the King was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus ...
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... King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not show his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something en ...
... King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not show his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something en ...
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... King's party . des introduced by Suckling , perhaps övery geniera.i tion of poets has been teased.no197 STADI ynow live his ** 10 S0102 0.1isemid to the court , Ol basetof or bra Savoy - missing Cowley came into ad play ; Making ...
... King's party . des introduced by Suckling , perhaps övery geniera.i tion of poets has been teased.no197 STADI ynow live his ** 10 S0102 0.1isemid to the court , Ol basetof or bra Savoy - missing Cowley came into ad play ; Making ...
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... King Charles pronounced , " That Mr. Cowley had not left behind hir a better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been ...
... King Charles pronounced , " That Mr. Cowley had not left behind hir a better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been ...
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