The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the " Guar dian , " a comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That ...
... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the " Guar dian , " a comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That ...
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... passed between the 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 ...
... passed between the 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 ...
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Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his ...
Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his ...
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... passing through a place called the Hay - wood forest , or Haywood , in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this accident being related to their father , upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at ...
... passing through a place called the Hay - wood forest , or Haywood , in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this accident being related to their father , upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at ...
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... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit , a companion , from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduc- tion to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been be fore the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough de ...
... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit , a companion , from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduc- tion to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been be fore the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough de ...
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