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Page 176
... continued , however , to sit in the rebellious conventicle ; but ' spoke , ' says Clarendon , ' with great sharpness and freedom , which , now there was no danger of being outvoted , was not restrained ; and therefore used as an ...
... continued , however , to sit in the rebellious conventicle ; but ' spoke , ' says Clarendon , ' with great sharpness and freedom , which , now there was no danger of being outvoted , was not restrained ; and therefore used as an ...
Page 190
... continued vigorous ; and that the lines which he composed when he , for age , could neither read nor write , are not inferior to the effusions of his youth . Towards the decline of life , he bought a small house , with a little land ...
... continued vigorous ; and that the lines which he composed when he , for age , could neither read nor write , are not inferior to the effusions of his youth . Towards the decline of life , he bought a small house , with a little land ...
Page 307
... continued to improve his diction and his numbers . According to the opinion of Harte , who had studied his works with great attention , he settled his principles of versification in 1676 , when he produced the play of Aureng Zebe ; and ...
... continued to improve his diction and his numbers . According to the opinion of Harte , who had studied his works with great attention , he settled his principles of versification in 1676 , when he produced the play of Aureng Zebe ; and ...
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