Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... relates , he confessed himself indebted for the smoothness of his numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to ...
... relates , he confessed himself indebted for the smoothness of his numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to ...
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... relates , " that the king sent particularly to Waller , to second his demand of some subsidies to pay off the army , and Sir Henry Vane objecting against first voting a supply , because the king would not accept unless it came up to his ...
... relates , " that the king sent particularly to Waller , to second his demand of some subsidies to pay off the army , and Sir Henry Vane objecting against first voting a supply , because the king would not accept unless it came up to his ...
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... relates , that " he was betrayed by his sister Price , and her Presby- terian chaplain Mr. Goode , who stole some of his papers ; and if he had not strangely dreamed the night before , that his sister had betrayed him , and thereupon ...
... relates , that " he was betrayed by his sister Price , and her Presby- terian chaplain Mr. Goode , who stole some of his papers ; and if he had not strangely dreamed the night before , that his sister had betrayed him , and thereupon ...
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... relate , found him sufficiently versed in ancient history ; and , when any of his enthusiastic friends came to advise or consult him , could sometimes overhear him discoursing in the cant of the times : but , when he returned , he would ...
... relate , found him sufficiently versed in ancient history ; and , when any of his enthusiastic friends came to advise or consult him , could sometimes overhear him discoursing in the cant of the times : but , when he returned , he would ...
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... relates that he was already among them , when , hearing a noise in the street , and inquiring the cause , they found a son of Ben Jonson under an arrest . This was Morley , whom Waller set free at the expense of one hundred pounds ...
... relates that he was already among them , when , hearing a noise in the street , and inquiring the cause , they found a son of Ben Jonson under an arrest . This was Morley , whom Waller set free at the expense of one hundred pounds ...
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