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... afterwards influenced the career of the poet . Mrs. Waller was an uncompromising royalist , although connected by blood and marriage with Cromwell and Hampden . She was the daughter of Griffith Hampden , and her brother William , the ...
... afterwards influenced the career of the poet . Mrs. Waller was an uncompromising royalist , although connected by blood and marriage with Cromwell and Hampden . She was the daughter of Griffith Hampden , and her brother William , the ...
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... afterwards James I. died , and Charles summoned a new parliament , which met for the first time on the 18th June , 1625. In this parliament Waller sat for Chipping Wycombe , another Buckingham- shire borough . He was as unfortunate on ...
... afterwards James I. died , and Charles summoned a new parliament , which met for the first time on the 18th June , 1625. In this parliament Waller sat for Chipping Wycombe , another Buckingham- shire borough . He was as unfortunate on ...
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... afterwards formed so conspicuous an element in his poetry . His muse at this time devoted herself exclusively to royalty , and expended the whole of her resources upon studied panegyric . Emotion ripened as slowly in Waller as verse ...
... afterwards formed so conspicuous an element in his poetry . His muse at this time devoted herself exclusively to royalty , and expended the whole of her resources upon studied panegyric . Emotion ripened as slowly in Waller as verse ...
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... afterwards , the Earl of St. Albans , Sir Thomas's son , told Waller that his father's cowardice had ruined the King . † On the 4th of May Charles sent Sir Henry to demand six subsidies from the house ; but Sir Henry , either by mistake ...
... afterwards , the Earl of St. Albans , Sir Thomas's son , told Waller that his father's cowardice had ruined the King . † On the 4th of May Charles sent Sir Henry to demand six subsidies from the house ; but Sir Henry , either by mistake ...
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... afterwards nearly cost him his life . Whitelock says , he was so deeply affected by these expressions , that he then formed the determination to join the confederacy that is known by the name of Waller's Plot ; but Fenton tells us he ...
... afterwards nearly cost him his life . Whitelock says , he was so deeply affected by these expressions , that he then formed the determination to join the confederacy that is known by the name of Waller's Plot ; but Fenton tells us he ...
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