Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 27
... Cromwell and Hampden , was zealous for the royal cause , and , when Cromwell visited her , used to reproach him ; he , in return , would throw a napkin at her , and say he would not dispute with his aunt ; but finding in time that she ...
... Cromwell and Hampden , was zealous for the royal cause , and , when Cromwell visited her , used to reproach him ; he , in return , would throw a napkin at her , and say he would not dispute with his aunt ; but finding in time that she ...
Page 28
... Cromwell and the nation . Cromwell was very desirous , as appears from his conversation , related by Whitelock , of adding the title to the power of monarchy , and is supposed to have been withheld from it partly by fear of the army ...
... Cromwell and the nation . Cromwell was very desirous , as appears from his conversation , related by Whitelock , of adding the title to the power of monarchy , and is supposed to have been withheld from it partly by fear of the army ...
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... Cromwell had done much and Charles had done little . Cromwell wanted nothing to raise him to heroic excellence but virtue , and virtue his poet thought himself at liberty to supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without ...
... Cromwell had done much and Charles had done little . Cromwell wanted nothing to raise him to heroic excellence but virtue , and virtue his poet thought himself at liberty to supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without ...
Page 37
... Cromwell he had only his recall ; and from Charles the Second , who delighted in his company , he obtained only the pardon of his relation Hampden , and the safety of Hampden's son . As far as conjecture can be made from the whole of ...
... Cromwell he had only his recall ; and from Charles the Second , who delighted in his company , he obtained only the pardon of his relation Hampden , and the safety of Hampden's son . As far as conjecture can be made from the whole of ...
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... scarcely be read a second time . The panegyric upon Cromwell has obtained from the public a very liberal dividend of praise , which , however , cannot be said to have been unjustly lavished ; for 44 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... scarcely be read a second time . The panegyric upon Cromwell has obtained from the public a very liberal dividend of praise , which , however , cannot be said to have been unjustly lavished ; for 44 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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