Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1964 - Poets, English |
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Page 137
... known at Court by the taste and influence of the Earl of Dorset . When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every eye watched for the ...
... known at Court by the taste and influence of the Earl of Dorset . When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every eye watched for the ...
Page 171
... 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 ...
Page 193
... known till he had obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at ...
... known till he had obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at ...
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