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... mentioned in a single word , and Cow- ley spends three lines in swearing by the Cas- talian stream . We are told of ... mention of particulars is turned more upon the original than the secon- dary sense , more upon that from which the il ...
... mentioned in a single word , and Cow- ley spends three lines in swearing by the Cas- talian stream . We are told of ... mention of particulars is turned more upon the original than the secon- dary sense , more upon that from which the il ...
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... mention of this name , he evidently re- fers to Albemazor , acted at Cambridge in 1614. Ig- plays were performed at the was then ver very frequent . The last drama M dramatic performance at either University was The Grateful Fair ...
... mention of this name , he evidently re- fers to Albemazor , acted at Cambridge in 1614. Ig- plays were performed at the was then ver very frequent . The last drama M dramatic performance at either University was The Grateful Fair ...
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... mention of a His next production was " Lycidas , ban elegy , written in 1637 , on the death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James for name as a security against the waste of time , Charles . 9 ...
... mention of a His next production was " Lycidas , ban elegy , written in 1637 , on the death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James for name as a security against the waste of time , Charles . 9 ...
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... mention of Usher , that he had now adopted the puritanical savageness of man- ners . His next 66 The Reason of 300 Socrates was rather overwork was , calm ostentatious opinion of his urged against Prelacy , by Milton , 1642. G In this ...
... mention of Usher , that he had now adopted the puritanical savageness of man- ners . His next 66 The Reason of 300 Socrates was rather overwork was , calm ostentatious opinion of his urged against Prelacy , by Milton , 1642. G In this ...
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... mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by appearing in. Adam unparadised : The angel Gabriel , either descending or enter- ing ; showing , since this globe was created , his fre- quency as much ...
... mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by appearing in. Adam unparadised : The angel Gabriel , either descending or enter- ing ; showing , since this globe was created , his fre- quency as much ...
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