Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... mind about in his own shrewd independent way . Boswell was somewhat disappointed at finding that the selection of the Poets in this series would not be Johnson's , but that he was to furnish a Preface and . Life to any Poet the ...
... mind about in his own shrewd independent way . Boswell was somewhat disappointed at finding that the selection of the Poets in this series would not be Johnson's , but that he was to furnish a Preface and . Life to any Poet the ...
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... minds at the expense of their fortunes . Rich as he was by inheritance , he took care early to grow richer , by marrying Mrs. Banks , a great heiress in the city , whom the interest of the court was employed to obtain for Mr. Crofts ...
... minds at the expense of their fortunes . Rich as he was by inheritance , he took care early to grow richer , by marrying Mrs. Banks , a great heiress in the city , whom the interest of the court was employed to obtain for Mr. Crofts ...
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... mind : ' but Sir Thomas durst not contradict the secretary ; and his son , the Earl of St. Albans , afterwards told Mr. Waller , that his father's cowardice ruined the king . " In the Long Parliament , which , unhappily for the nation ...
... mind : ' but Sir Thomas durst not contradict the secretary ; and his son , the Earl of St. Albans , afterwards told Mr. Waller , that his father's cowardice ruined the king . " In the Long Parliament , which , unhappily for the nation ...
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... minds of the people by their petitions ; for , when they subscribed them , the bishops were armed with a dangerous commission of making new canons , imposing new oaths , and the like ; but now we have disarmed them of that power . These ...
... minds of the people by their petitions ; for , when they subscribed them , the bishops were armed with a dangerous commission of making new canons , imposing new oaths , and the like ; but now we have disarmed them of that power . These ...
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... minds herein ; and by a question , declare our resolution , to reform , ' that is , ' not to abolish , Episcopacy . ' " It cannot but be wished that he , who could speak in this manner , had been able to act with spirit and uniformity ...
... minds herein ; and by a question , declare our resolution , to reform , ' that is , ' not to abolish , Episcopacy . ' " It cannot but be wished that he , who could speak in this manner , had been able to act with spirit and uniformity ...
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