Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... seems to have been well informed of facts , though he may sometimes err in chronology , has delivered as in- dubitably certain : " He found Dr. Andrews , Bishop of Winchester , and Dr. Neale , Bishop of Durham , standing behind his ...
... seems to have been well informed of facts , though he may sometimes err in chronology , has delivered as in- dubitably certain : " He found Dr. Andrews , Bishop of Winchester , and Dr. Neale , Bishop of Durham , standing behind his ...
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... seems to fix the time , is supposed by Mr. Fenton to be the " Address to the Queen , " which he considers as ... seem to carry their own dates could have been the sudden effusion of fancy . In the verses on the prince's escape , the ...
... seems to fix the time , is supposed by Mr. Fenton to be the " Address to the Queen , " which he considers as ... seem to carry their own dates could have been the sudden effusion of fancy . In the verses on the prince's escape , the ...
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... seems much more likely that he should amuse himself with forming an imaginary scene , than that so important an incident , as a visit to America , should have been left floating in conjectural probability . From his twenty - eighth to ...
... seems much more likely that he should amuse himself with forming an imaginary scene , than that so important an incident , as a visit to America , should have been left floating in conjectural probability . From his twenty - eighth to ...
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... seems generally to be thought unconstitutional , particularly injured . He was not , however , a bigot to his party , nor adopted all their opinions . When the great question , whether Episcopacy ought to be abolished , was debated , he ...
... seems generally to be thought unconstitutional , particularly injured . He was not , however , a bigot to his party , nor adopted all their opinions . When the great question , whether Episcopacy ought to be abolished , was debated , he ...
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... I will not dispute it in this place ; but I am confident that , whenever an equal division of lands and goods shall be desired , there will be as many places in Scripture found out , which seem to favour that WALLER . 17.
... I will not dispute it in this place ; but I am confident that , whenever an equal division of lands and goods shall be desired , there will be as many places in Scripture found out , which seem to favour that WALLER . 17.
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