Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1964 - Poets, English |
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... continued , ' says his biographer , ' under these bonds till the general deliverance ' ; it is therefore to be sup- posed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did ...
... continued , ' says his biographer , ' under these bonds till the general deliverance ' ; it is therefore to be sup- posed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did ...
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... continued obsequious to the court through the rest of Charles's reign . At the accession of King James ( in 1685 ) he was chosen for parliament , being then fourscore , at Saltash in Cornwall ; and wrote a Presage of the Downfall of the ...
... continued obsequious to the court through the rest of Charles's reign . At the accession of King James ( in 1685 ) he was chosen for parliament , being then fourscore , at Saltash in Cornwall ; and wrote a Presage of the Downfall of the ...
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... 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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