Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... Westminster Abbey , buried him at his own cost in the churchyard of Covent Garden . Dr. Simon Patrick read the service . Granger was informed by Dr. Pearce , who named for his authority Mr. Lowndes of the Treasury , that Butler had a ...
... Westminster Abbey , buried him at his own cost in the churchyard of Covent Garden . Dr. Simon Patrick read the service . Granger was informed by Dr. Pearce , who named for his authority Mr. Lowndes of the Treasury , that Butler had a ...
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... Westminster Abbey- Works and Character . GEORGE STEPNEY , descended from the Stepneys of Prendergast in Pembrokeshire , was born at Westminster in 1663. Of his father's condition or fortune we have no account . Having re- ceived the ...
... Westminster Abbey- Works and Character . GEORGE STEPNEY , descended from the Stepneys of Prendergast in Pembrokeshire , was born at Westminster in 1663. Of his father's condition or fortune we have no account . Having re- ceived the ...
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... Westminster , Dean of Westminster , and Bishop of Rochester - Story of his Preaching- Burial in Westminster Abbey - Works and Character . THOMAS SPRAT was born in 1636 , at Tallaton , in Devonshire , the son of a clergyman ; and having ...
... Westminster , Dean of Westminster , and Bishop of Rochester - Story of his Preaching- Burial in Westminster Abbey - Works and Character . THOMAS SPRAT was born in 1636 , at Tallaton , in Devonshire , the son of a clergyman ; and having ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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