Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 19
... friends ; and , surveying the wide extent of their conversation , imagined that they found in the majority of all ranks great disapprobation of the violence of the Commons , and unwillingness to continue the war . They knew that many ...
... friends ; and , surveying the wide extent of their conversation , imagined that they found in the majority of all ranks great disapprobation of the violence of the Commons , and unwillingness to continue the war . They knew that many ...
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... friends of the king , the adherents to the Parliament , and the neutrals . How far they pro- ceeded does not appear ; the result of their inquiry , as Pym declared , was , that within the walls , for one that was for the Royalists ...
... friends of the king , the adherents to the Parliament , and the neutrals . How far they pro- ceeded does not appear ; the result of their inquiry , as Pym declared , was , that within the walls , for one that was for the Royalists ...
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... friends came to advise or consult him , could sometimes overhear him discoursing in the cant of the times : but , when he returned , he would say , " Cousin Waller , I must talk to these men in their own way ; " and resumed the common ...
... friends came to advise or consult him , could sometimes overhear him discoursing in the cant of the times : but , when he returned , he would say , " Cousin Waller , I must talk to these men in their own way ; " and resumed the common ...
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... friends of the king's conduct ; and said that " he would be left like a whale upon the strand . " Whether he was ... friend and physician , to tell him " what that swelling meant . " " Sir , " answered Scar- borough , " your blood will ...
... friends of the king's conduct ; and said that " he would be left like a whale upon the strand . " Whether he was ... friend and physician , to tell him " what that swelling meant . " " Sir , " answered Scar- borough , " your blood will ...
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... which was thoroughly engaged on the behalf of Mr. Crofts , and which used to be suc- cessful , in that age , against any opposition . He had the good fortune to have an alliance and friendship with Dr. 34 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... which was thoroughly engaged on the behalf of Mr. Crofts , and which used to be suc- cessful , in that age , against any opposition . He had the good fortune to have an alliance and friendship with Dr. 34 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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