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... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the " " Guardian , " a comedy which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That ...
... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the " " Guardian , " a comedy which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That ...
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... passed of course into other hands ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 , sent back into England , that " under pre- tence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of ...
... passed of course into other hands ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 , sent back into England , that " under pre- tence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of ...
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... passed by many , and particularly by his con- temporary Cowley . Of the powers of the mind it is difficult to form an estimate : many have excelled Milton in their first essays , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen ...
... passed by many , and particularly by his con- temporary Cowley . Of the powers of the mind it is difficult to form an estimate : many have excelled Milton in their first essays , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen ...
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... passing through a place called the Hay wood forest , or Haywood , in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this their accident being related to father , upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at the ...
... passing through a place called the Hay wood forest , or Haywood , in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this their accident being related to father , upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at the ...
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... passed on to Naples , in com pany of a hermit , a companion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patrons of Tasso , b Manso was enough ...
... passed on to Naples , in com pany of a hermit , a companion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patrons of Tasso , b Manso was enough ...
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