The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died be- fore the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died be- fore the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
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... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gain- ed him confidence enough to be trusted without sé- curity , for the bond of his bail was never cancel led nor that it made him think himself ...
... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gain- ed him confidence enough to be trusted without sé- curity , for the bond of his bail was never cancel led nor that it made him think himself ...
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... reason for supposing that he ever at- tempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour of his coun- try . Considering botany as necessary to a physi- cian , he retired into Kent to gather plants ...
... reason for supposing that he ever at- tempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour of his coun- try . Considering botany as necessary to a physi- cian , he retired into Kent to gather plants ...
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... reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge of disaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by observing how unlikely it is that , having followed ...
... reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge of disaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by observing how unlikely it is that , having followed ...
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... reasons that made . him to follow the violent inclination of his own mind , which , in the greatest throng of his former business , had still called upon him , and represent- ed to him the true delights of solitary studies , of ...
... reasons that made . him to follow the violent inclination of his own mind , which , in the greatest throng of his former business , had still called upon him , and represent- ed to him the true delights of solitary studies , of ...
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