Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... gave them too much . " He gave them , in fact , his masterpiece . His keen interest in Literature as the soul of life , his sympathetic insight into human nature , enabled him to put all that was best in himself into these studies of ...
... gave them too much . " He gave them , in fact , his masterpiece . His keen interest in Literature as the soul of life , his sympathetic insight into human nature , enabled him to put all that was best in himself into these studies of ...
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... gave wit no opportunity of boasting its influence ; she was not to be subdued by the powers of verse , but rejected his addresses , it is said , with disdain , and drove him away to solace his disappointment with Amoret or Phillis . She ...
... gave wit no opportunity of boasting its influence ; she was not to be subdued by the powers of verse , but rejected his addresses , it is said , with disdain , and drove him away to solace his disappointment with Amoret or Phillis . She ...
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... gave him five sons and eight 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 ...
... gave him five sons and eight 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 ...
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... gave him a title to the rest of the creatures before he appointed a law to observe . " " God first assigned Adam , " says Hooker , " maintenance of life , and then appointed him a law to observe . - True it is , that the kingdom of God ...
... gave him a title to the rest of the creatures before he appointed a law to observe . " " God first assigned Adam , " says Hooker , " maintenance of life , and then appointed him a law to observe . - True it is , that the kingdom of God ...
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... gave no other reason of their refusal but this , ' Nolumus mutare Leges AngliƦ : ' it was the bishops who so answered them ; and it would become the dignity and wisdom of this House to answer the people , now , with a ' Nolumus mutare ...
... gave no other reason of their refusal but this , ' Nolumus mutare Leges AngliƦ : ' it was the bishops who so answered them ; and it would become the dignity and wisdom of this House to answer the people , now , with a ' Nolumus mutare ...
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