Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... For Scripture , I will not dispute it in this place ; but I am confident that , whenever an equal division of lands and goods shall be desired , there will be as many places in Scripture found out , which seem to favour that WALLER . 17.
... For Scripture , I will not dispute it in this place ; but I am confident that , whenever an equal division of lands and goods shall be desired , there will be as many places in Scripture found out , which seem to favour that WALLER . 17.
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... equal probability , believes that his attempt to promote the royal cause arose from his sensibility of the king's tender- ness . Whitelock says nothing of his behaviour at Oxford : he was sent with several others to add pomp to the com ...
... equal probability , believes that his attempt to promote the royal cause arose from his sensibility of the king's tender- ness . Whitelock says nothing of his behaviour at Oxford : he was sent with several others to add pomp to the com ...
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... equal to his zeal ; and out of the design of Crispe , which involved very little danger , and that of Waller , which was an act purely civil , they compounded a horrid and dreadful plot . The discovery of Waller's design is variously ...
... equal to his zeal ; and out of the design of Crispe , which involved very little danger , and that of Waller , which was an act purely civil , they compounded a horrid and dreadful plot . The discovery of Waller's design is variously ...
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... equal to the best parts of the Panegyric ; and , in the conclusion , the poet ventures yet a higher flight of flattery , by recommending royalty to Cromwell and the nation . Cromwell was very desirous , as appears from his conversation ...
... equal to the best parts of the Panegyric ; and , in the conclusion , the poet ventures yet a higher flight of flattery , by recommending royalty to Cromwell and the nation . Cromwell was very desirous , as appears from his conversation ...
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... equal alacrity , for Charles the Second . It is not possible to read , without some contempt and indignation , poems of the same author , ascribing the highest degree of " power and piety " to Charles the First , then transferring the ...
... equal alacrity , for Charles the Second . It is not possible to read , without some contempt and indignation , poems of the same author , ascribing the highest degree of " power and piety " to Charles the First , then transferring the ...
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