Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not always to precede in order of time ; for ... things without which they cannot subsist . God first assigned unto Adam maintenance of life , and gave him a title ...
... thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not always to precede in order of time ; for ... things without which they cannot subsist . God first assigned unto Adam maintenance of life , and gave him a title ...
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... things without which we cannot live . " The speech is vehement ; but the great position , that grievances ought to be redressed before supplies are granted , is agreeable enough to law and reason : nor was Waller , if his biographer may ...
... things without which we cannot live . " The speech is vehement ; but the great position , that grievances ought to be redressed before supplies are granted , is agreeable enough to law and reason : nor was Waller , if his biographer may ...
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... things ecclesiastical , the next demand perhaps may be Lex Agraria , the like equality in things temporal . " The Roman story tells us , that when the people began to flock about the Senate , and were more curious to direct and know ...
... things ecclesiastical , the next demand perhaps may be Lex Agraria , the like equality in things temporal . " The Roman story tells us , that when the people began to flock about the Senate , and were more curious to direct and know ...
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... things of any among them . " This , however , is said in his account of the year seventy - five , when Waller was only seventy . His name as a speaker occurs often in Grey's Collections , but I have found no extracts that can be more ...
... things of any among them . " This , however , is said in his account of the year seventy - five , when Waller was only seventy . His name as a speaker occurs often in Grey's Collections , but I have found no extracts that can be more ...
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... things , and are quitted in time for something useful ; they are flowers fragrant and fair , but of short duration ; or they are blossoms to be valued only as they foretell fruits . Among Waller's little poems are some , which their ...
... things , and are quitted in time for something useful ; they are flowers fragrant and fair , but of short duration ; or they are blossoms to be valued only as they foretell fruits . Among Waller's little poems are some , which their ...
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