The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... sent Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace . First let him see his friends in battle slain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war shall cease ...
... sent Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace . First let him see his friends in battle slain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war shall cease ...
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... sent out in quest of another man ; and , being examined , was put into confinement , from which he was not dismissed without the security of a thousand pounds given by Dr. Scarborough . This year he published his poems , with a pre ...
... sent out in quest of another man ; and , being examined , was put into confinement , from which he was not dismissed without the security of a thousand pounds given by Dr. Scarborough . This year he published his poems , with a pre ...
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... , A globe , yea world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps 24 COWLEY .
... , A globe , yea world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps 24 COWLEY .
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... matriculation book : Trin . Coll . " 1631. Nov. 18. Johannes Den- ham , Essex , filius J. Denham , de Horsley par- và in com , prædict , militis annos natus 16 . " - Malone . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he DENHAM . 63 DENHAM.
... matriculation book : Trin . Coll . " 1631. Nov. 18. Johannes Den- ham , Essex , filius J. Denham , de Horsley par- và in com , prædict , militis annos natus 16 . " - Malone . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he DENHAM . 63 DENHAM.
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Samuel Johnson. In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered " as a dreaming young man , given more to dice and cards than study : " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal ...
Samuel Johnson. In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered " as a dreaming young man , given more to dice and cards than study : " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal ...
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