The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... 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 Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl ...
... 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 Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl ...
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... Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real importance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennett , afterwards Earl of ...
... Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real importance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennett , afterwards Earl of ...
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... 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 et armis , Finibus ...
... 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 et armis , Finibus ...
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... LORD FALKLAND'S : DRYDEN . Non hæc , O Palla , dederas promissa parenti , Cautius ut sævo velles te credere Marti . Haud ignarus eram , quantum nova gloria in armis , Et prædulce decus primo certamine posset . Primitiæ juvenis miseræ ...
... LORD FALKLAND'S : DRYDEN . Non hæc , O Palla , dederas promissa parenti , Cautius ut sævo velles te credere Marti . Haud ignarus eram , quantum nova gloria in armis , Et prædulce decus primo certamine posset . Primitiæ juvenis miseræ ...
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... Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy ...
... Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy ...
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