The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 65
... Lord Crofts procured a contribution of ten thou sand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders , who , in a country of very little commerce and of great ...
... Lord Crofts procured a contribution of ten thou sand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders , who , in a country of very little commerce and of great ...
Page 79
... Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the ho- nour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; but we never can refuse to any modern the liberty of borrowing from ...
... Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the ho- nour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; but we never can refuse to any modern the liberty of borrowing from ...
Page 80
... Lord Herbert , of Cherbury . Her Notwithstanding Dr. Johnson's assertion , that the fiction is derived from Homer's Circe , it may be conjectured , that it was rather taken from the Comus of Erycius Puteanus , in which , under the ...
... Lord Herbert , of Cherbury . Her Notwithstanding Dr. Johnson's assertion , that the fiction is derived from Homer's Circe , it may be conjectured , that it was rather taken from the Comus of Erycius Puteanus , in which , under the ...
Page 81
... Lord Scudamore , he had the opportunity of visiting Grotius , then residing at the French court as ambassador from Christiana of Sweden . From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with particular diligence studied the language ...
... Lord Scudamore , he had the opportunity of visiting Grotius , then residing at the French court as ambassador from Christiana of Sweden . From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with particular diligence studied the language ...
Page 87
... qui a tem- pore Dantis Atigini usque ad hunc ætatem clarue- runt , " & c . - J . B. Stephen Marshall , Edmund Calamy , Thomas Young , Matthew Newcomen , William Spurstow .-- R . goes under the Name of James , Lord Bishop of MILTON . 87.
... qui a tem- pore Dantis Atigini usque ad hunc ætatem clarue- runt , " & c . - J . B. Stephen Marshall , Edmund Calamy , Thomas Young , Matthew Newcomen , William Spurstow .-- R . goes under the Name of James , Lord Bishop of MILTON . 87.
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