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... Lord Falk- land , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrender- ed to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the Lord Jermyn , afterwards ...
... Lord Falk- land , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrender- ed to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the Lord Jermyn , afterwards ...
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... Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real im- portance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his let- ters to Mr. Bennett , afterwards Earl ...
... Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real im- portance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his let- ters to Mr. Bennett , afterwards Earl ...
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... Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy ...
... Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy ...
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... Lord Crofts procured a contribu- tion of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders , who , in a country of very little com- merce and of great ...
... Lord Crofts procured a contribu- tion of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders , who , in a country of very little com- merce and of great ...
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... Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; * but It has , nevertheless , its foundation in reality . The Earl of ...
... Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; * but It has , nevertheless , its foundation in reality . The Earl of ...
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