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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... known that they were published till they appeared long afterward with other poems . Waller was not one of those idolaters of praise , who cultivate their minds at the expense of their fortunes . Rich as he was by inheritance , he took ...
... known that they were published till they appeared long afterward with other poems . Waller was not one of those idolaters of praise , who cultivate their minds at the expense of their fortunes . Rich as he was by inheritance , he took ...
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... known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent in that age for genius and literature ; but known so little to his advantage , that they who read his character will not much condemn Sacharissa , that she did not descend ...
... known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent in that age for genius and literature ; but known so little to his advantage , that they who read his character will not much condemn Sacharissa , that she did not descend ...
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... known , which cannot safely be punished . ⚫ Tomkyns was seized on the same night with Waller , and appears likewise to have partaken of his cowardice ; for he gave notice of Crispe's commission of array , of which Clarendon never knew ...
... known , which cannot safely be punished . ⚫ Tomkyns was seized on the same night with Waller , and appears likewise to have partaken of his cowardice ; for he gave notice of Crispe's commission of array , of which Clarendon never knew ...
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... known to have declared the truth . You have no reason to contend to hide what is already revealed- inconsiderately to throw away yourself , for the interest of others , to whom you are less obliged than you are aware of . " This ...
... known to have declared the truth . You have no reason to contend to hide what is already revealed- inconsiderately to throw away yourself , for the interest of others , to whom you are less obliged than you are aware of . " This ...
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... known , as a writer , to a man who , though he lived a great part of a long life upon an English pension , never condescended to understand the language of the nation that maintained him . In parliament , " he was , " says Burnet ...
... known , as a writer , to a man who , though he lived a great part of a long life upon an English pension , never condescended to understand the language of the nation that maintained him . In parliament , " he was , " says Burnet ...
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