Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 117
... Duke of Buckingham , when he was Chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer , who yet allows the Duke to have been his frequent benefactor . That both these accounts are false there is reason to suspect , from a story ...
... Duke of Buckingham , when he was Chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer , who yet allows the Duke to have been his frequent benefactor . That both these accounts are false there is reason to suspect , from a story ...
Page 297
... Duke I can find few memorials . He was bred at Westminster and Cambridge ; and Jacob relates that he was some time tutor to the Duke of Richmond . He appears from his writings to have been not ill qualified for poetical compositions ...
... Duke I can find few memorials . He was bred at Westminster and Cambridge ; and Jacob relates that he was some time tutor to the Duke of Richmond . He appears from his writings to have been not ill qualified for poetical compositions ...
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... Duke of Albemarle sailed , with the command of the fleet ; but by contrariety of winds they were restrained from action . His zeal for the King's service was recompensed by the command of one of the independent troops of horse , then ...
... Duke of Albemarle sailed , with the command of the fleet ; but by contrariety of winds they were restrained from action . His zeal for the King's service was recompensed by the command of one of the independent troops of horse , then ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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