Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 171
... favour from the Great but to share their riots ; from which they were dismissed again to their own narrow circumstances . Thus they languished in poverty without the support of innocence . The Some exception , however , must be made ...
... favour from the Great but to share their riots ; from which they were dismissed again to their own narrow circumstances . Thus they languished in poverty without the support of innocence . The Some exception , however , must be made ...
Page 188
... favour of any attempt that might check the violence of the Parliament and reconcile them to the King . He undoubtedly confessed much , which they could never have discovered , and perhaps somewhat which they would wish to have been ...
... favour of any attempt that might check the violence of the Parliament and reconcile them to the King . He undoubtedly confessed much , which they could never have discovered , and perhaps somewhat which they would wish to have been ...
Page 284
... favour , nor of the lord Halifax's generous design ( they both having , out of respect to the family , enjoined the lady Elizabeth and her son to keep their favour concealed to the world , and let it pass for their own expence ) readily ...
... favour , nor of the lord Halifax's generous design ( they both having , out of respect to the family , enjoined the lady Elizabeth and her son to keep their favour concealed to the world , and let it pass for their own expence ) readily ...
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