Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... the last , you are not the lowest nor the least in my favour . " Whitelock , who , being another of the commissioners , was witness of this ^ " kindness , imputes it to the king's knowledge of 13 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... the last , you are not the lowest nor the least in my favour . " Whitelock , who , being another of the commissioners , was witness of this ^ " kindness , imputes it to the king's knowledge of 13 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Samuel Johnson. " kindness , imputes it to the king's knowledge of the plot , in which Waller appeared afterwards to have been engaged against the Parliament . Fenton , with equal probability , believes that his attempt to promote the ...
Samuel Johnson. " kindness , imputes it to the king's knowledge of the plot , in which Waller appeared afterwards to have been engaged against the Parliament . Fenton , with equal probability , believes that his attempt to promote the ...
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... knowledge of each other ; for which purpose there was to be appointed one in every district , to distinguish the friends of the king , the adherents to the Parliament , and the neutrals . How far they pro- ceeded does not appear ; the ...
... knowledge of each other ; for which purpose there was to be appointed one in every district , to distinguish the friends of the king , the adherents to the Parliament , and the neutrals . How far they pro- ceeded does not appear ; the ...
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... knowledge than the biographer , and is there- fore more to be credited . The account of Waller's parliamentary eloquence is seconded by Burnet , who , though he calls him " the delight of the House , " adds , that " he was only ...
... knowledge than the biographer , and is there- fore more to be credited . The account of Waller's parliamentary eloquence is seconded by Burnet , who , though he calls him " the delight of the House , " adds , that " he was only ...
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... knowledge ; and is free at least from philosophical pedantry , unless per- haps the end of a song to the Sun may be excepted , in which he is too much a Copernican . To which may be added the simile of the " palm " in the verses 66 on ...
... knowledge ; and is free at least from philosophical pedantry , unless per- haps the end of a song to the Sun may be excepted , in which he is too much a Copernican . To which may be added the simile of the " palm " in the verses 66 on ...
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