The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 95
... daugh- ter could learn it ; nor likely that he desired the initial lines to be read at all ; nor that the daugh- ter , weary of the drudgery of pronouncing un- ideal sounds , would voluntarily commit them to memory . To this gentlewoman ...
... daugh- ter could learn it ; nor likely that he desired the initial lines to be read at all ; nor that the daugh- ter , weary of the drudgery of pronouncing un- ideal sounds , would voluntarily commit them to memory . To this gentlewoman ...
Page 217
... daugh- ter , in her own house . If he would do any thing , he could not do less , Cromwell , now Protector , received Waller , as his kinsman , to familiar conversation . Waller , as he used to relate , found him sufficiently versed in ...
... daugh- ter , in her own house . If he would do any thing , he could not do less , Cromwell , now Protector , received Waller , as his kinsman , to familiar conversation . Waller , as he used to relate , found him sufficiently versed in ...
Page 321
... daugh- ter to the Earl of Berkshire , with circumstances , according to the satire imputed to Lord Somers , not very honourable to either party : by her he had three sons , Charles , John , and Henry . Charles was usher of the palace to ...
... daugh- ter to the Earl of Berkshire , with circumstances , according to the satire imputed to Lord Somers , not very honourable to either party : by her he had three sons , Charles , John , and Henry . Charles was usher of the palace to ...
Page 481
... Daugh- ter , I give thee this man for thy slave . " The mar riage , if uncontradicted report can be credited , made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal . She always re- membered her own rank , and ...
... Daugh- ter , I give thee this man for thy slave . " The mar riage , if uncontradicted report can be credited , made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal . She always re- membered her own rank , and ...
Page 526
... daugh- ter of King James by the Countess of Dorchester , and the widow of the Earl of Anglesy , he had , be- sides other children that died early , a son , born in 1716 , who died in 1735 , and put an end to the line of Sheffield . It ...
... daugh- ter of King James by the Countess of Dorchester , and the widow of the Earl of Anglesy , he had , be- sides other children that died early , a son , born in 1716 , who died in 1735 , and put an end to the line of Sheffield . It ...
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