Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... returned to power , was aggravated to a charge of high treason ; though , as Prior remarks in his imperfect answer to the Report of the Committee of Secrecy , no treaty ever was made without private interviews and preliminary ...
... returned to power , was aggravated to a charge of high treason ; though , as Prior remarks in his imperfect answer to the Report of the Committee of Secrecy , no treaty ever was made without private interviews and preliminary ...
Page 8
... returned then as soon as he could , and was welcomed on the 25th of March by a warrant , but was , however , suffered to live in his own house , under the custody of the messenger , till he was examined before a committee of the Privy ...
... returned then as soon as he could , and was welcomed on the 25th of March by a warrant , but was , however , suffered to live in his own house , under the custody of the messenger , till he was examined before a committee of the Privy ...
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... returned to his studies , and began several consider- able designs . When he felt an inclination to write , he ... returning to London , to bring his tragedy upon the stage ; but , having neglected to depart with the money that was ...
... returned to his studies , and began several consider- able designs . When he felt an inclination to write , he ... returning to London , to bring his tragedy upon the stage ; but , having neglected to depart with the money that was ...
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