Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... 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 spoke against the ...
... 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 spoke against the ...
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... directed to such as he thought proper to nominate , which was sent to London by the Lady Aubigny . She knew not what she carried , but was to deliver it on the communication of a certain token which 20 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... directed to such as he thought proper to nominate , which was sent to London by the Lady Aubigny . She knew not what she carried , but was to deliver it on the communication of a certain token which 20 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... thought , or seen ; all that he knew of himself , and all that he suspected of others , without concealing any person of what degree or quality soever , or any discourse which he had ever upon any occasion entertained with them ; what ...
... thought , or seen ; all that he knew of himself , and all that he suspected of others , without concealing any person of what degree or quality soever , or any discourse which he had ever upon any occasion entertained with them ; what ...
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... thought himself at liberty to supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering with- out despair . A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with no splendid images . In the first ...
... thought himself at liberty to supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering with- out despair . A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with no splendid images . In the first ...
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... thought a holy war at home , made haste to put all molestation of the Turks out of his power . 66 James treated him with kindness and familiarity , of which instances are given by the writer of his life . One day , taking him into the ...
... thought a holy war at home , made haste to put all molestation of the Turks out of his power . 66 James treated him with kindness and familiarity , of which instances are given by the writer of his life . One day , taking him into the ...
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