The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
... King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
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... King and Queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . In the year 1647 , his " Mistress ...
... King and Queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . In the year 1647 , his " Mistress ...
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... King Charles I. and Lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian Library , made this experiment of their fu- ture fortunes , and met with passages equally omi- nous to each . That of the King was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus ...
... King Charles I. and Lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian Library , made this experiment of their fu- ture fortunes , and met with passages equally omi- nous to each . That of the King was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus ...
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... King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much ...
... King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much ...
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... King Charles pronounced , " That Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthu mous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been ...
... King Charles pronounced , " That Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthu mous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been ...
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