The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... parliament , ejected from Cam bridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College , in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he pub- lished a satire , called " The Puritan and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection ...
... parliament , ejected from Cam bridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College , in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he pub- lished a satire , called " The Puritan and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection ...
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... parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the Earl of Pem- broke , Of the next years of his life there is no account . At the Restoration he obtained that which many missed - the reward of his ...
... parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the Earl of Pem- broke , Of the next years of his life there is no account . At the Restoration he obtained that which many missed - the reward of his ...
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... parliament , he thought it proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life in foreign amusements while his countrymen were contend- ing for their rights . He therefore came back to Rome , though the merchants informed him of plots ...
... parliament , he thought it proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life in foreign amusements while his countrymen were contend- ing for their rights . He therefore came back to Rome , though the merchants informed him of plots ...
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... parliament by the authority of which he had destroyed monarchy , and commenced monarch himself , under the title of Protector , but with kingly and more than kingly power . That his authority was lawful , never was pretended ; he ...
... parliament by the authority of which he had destroyed monarchy , and commenced monarch himself , under the title of Protector , but with kingly and more than kingly power . That his authority was lawful , never was pretended ; he ...
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... parliament should except ; and the parliament doomed none to capital punish- ment but the wretches who had immediately co- operated in the murder of the King . Milton was certainly not one of them ; he had only justified what they had ...
... parliament should except ; and the parliament doomed none to capital punish- ment but the wretches who had immediately co- operated in the murder of the King . Milton was certainly not one of them ; he had only justified what they had ...
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