The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... brought many children . We have therefore no date of any other poetical production before that which the murder of the duke of Buckingham occasioned ; the steadiness with which the king received the news in the chapel deserved indeed to ...
... brought many children . We have therefore no date of any other poetical production before that which the murder of the duke of Buckingham occasioned ; the steadiness with which the king received the news in the chapel deserved indeed to ...
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... brought him many children . He doubtless praised some whom he would have been afraid to marry , and perhaps married one whom he would have been ashamed to praise . Many qualities contribute to do- mestic happiness , upon which poetry ...
... brought him many children . He doubtless praised some whom he would have been afraid to marry , and perhaps married one whom he would have been ashamed to praise . Many qualities contribute to do- mestic happiness , upon which poetry ...
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... brought to a legal trial , and then he is confident the vanity and false- hood of those informations which have been given against him will appear . " In consequence of this letter , the lords ordered Portland and Waller to be con ...
... brought to a legal trial , and then he is confident the vanity and false- hood of those informations which have been given against him will appear . " In consequence of this letter , the lords ordered Portland and Waller to be con ...
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... brought ( July 4 ) before the house , he confessed and lamented , and submitted and implored , may be read in the History of the Rebellion ( B. vii . ) The speech , to which Clarendon ascribes the preservation of his dear - bought life ...
... brought ( July 4 ) before the house , he confessed and lamented , and submitted and implored , may be read in the History of the Rebellion ( B. vii . ) The speech , to which Clarendon ascribes the preservation of his dear - bought life ...
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... brought him into that company which was most celebrated for good conversation ; where he was received and esteemed with great applause and respect . He was a very pleasant discourser in earnest and in jest , and therefore very grateful ...
... brought him into that company which was most celebrated for good conversation ; where he was received and esteemed with great applause and respect . He was a very pleasant discourser in earnest and in jest , and therefore very grateful ...
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