Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... daughter of John Hampden , of Hampden , in the same county , and sister to Hampden , the zealot of rebellion . His father died while he was yet an infant , but left him a yearly income of three thousand five hundred pounds ; which ...
... daughter of John Hampden , of Hampden , in the same county , and sister to Hampden , the zealot of rebellion . His father died while he was yet an infant , but left him a yearly income of three thousand five hundred pounds ; which ...
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... daughter , who was afterwards married to Mr. Dormer , of Oxfordshire , she died in childbed , and left him a widower of about five - and - twenty , gay and wealthy , to please himself with another marriage . Being too young to resist ...
... daughter , who was afterwards married to Mr. Dormer , of Oxfordshire , she died in childbed , and left him a widower of about five - and - twenty , gay and wealthy , to please himself with another marriage . Being too young to resist ...
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Samuel Johnson. Sidney , eldest daughter of the Earl of Leicester , whom he courted by all the poetry in which Sacharissa is cele- brated ; the name is derived from the Latin appellation of " sugar , " and implies , if it means anything ...
Samuel Johnson. Sidney , eldest daughter of the Earl of Leicester , whom he courted by all the poetry in which Sacharissa is cele- brated ; the name is derived from the Latin appellation of " sugar , " and implies , if it means anything ...
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... daughters . During the long interval of Parliament , he is repre- sented as living among those with whom it was most honourable to converse , and enjoying an exuberant fortune with that independence and liberty of speech and conduct ...
... daughters . During the long interval of Parliament , he is repre- sented as living among those with whom it was most honourable to converse , and enjoying an exuberant fortune with that independence and liberty of speech and conduct ...
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... daughter Margaret was born , who was afterwards his favourite , and his amanu- ensis . He then removed to Paris , where he lived with great splendour and hospitality ; and from time to time 1 ] amused himself with poetry , in which he ...
... daughter Margaret was born , who was afterwards his favourite , and his amanu- ensis . He then removed to Paris , where he lived with great splendour and hospitality ; and from time to time 1 ] amused himself with poetry , in which he ...
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