Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 92
... lived in a confirmed belief of the immediate and occasional agency of Providence , yet grew old without any visible worship . In the distribution of his hours there was no hour of prayer , either solitary or with his household ...
... lived in a confirmed belief of the immediate and occasional agency of Providence , yet grew old without any visible worship . In the distribution of his hours there was no hour of prayer , either solitary or with his household ...
Page 144
... lived near enough to be well informed , relates in Spence's Memorials that he died of a fever caught by violent pursuit of a thief that had robbed one of his friends . But that indigence , and its concomitants , sorrow and despondency ...
... lived near enough to be well informed , relates in Spence's Memorials that he died of a fever caught by violent pursuit of a thief that had robbed one of his friends . But that indigence , and its concomitants , sorrow and despondency ...
Page 158
... lived with great splendour and hospitality ; and from time to time amused himself with poetry , in which he sometimes speaks of the rebels , and their usurpation , in the natural language of an honest man . At last it became necessary ...
... lived with great splendour and hospitality ; and from time to time amused himself with poetry , in which he sometimes speaks of the rebels , and their usurpation , in the natural language of an honest man . At last it became necessary ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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