The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 48
... gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country . When he was , three years afterwards , removed to Lin- coln's Inn , he ...
... gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country . When he was , three years afterwards , removed to Lin- coln's Inn , he ...
Page 58
... gave him no shame . He took both the usual degrees ; that of batchelor in 1628 , and that of master in 1632 ; but he left the University with no kindness for its institution , alienated either by the injudicious severity of his ...
... gave him no shame . He took both the usual degrees ; that of batchelor in 1628 , and that of master in 1632 ; but he left the University with no kindness for its institution , alienated either by the injudicious severity of his ...
Page 65
... gave their Answer . Of this Answer a Confutation was attempted by the learned Usher ; and to the Confutation Milton published a reply , entitled , " OfPrelatical Episcopacy , and whether it may by deduced from the Aposto- lical Times ...
... gave their Answer . Of this Answer a Confutation was attempted by the learned Usher ; and to the Confutation Milton published a reply , entitled , " OfPrelatical Episcopacy , and whether it may by deduced from the Aposto- lical Times ...
Page 70
... gave to Dr. Juxon on the scaffold the regicides took away , so that they were at least the publishers of this prayer ; and Dr. Birch , who had examined the question with great care , was inclined to think them the forgers . The use of ...
... gave to Dr. Juxon on the scaffold the regicides took away , so that they were at least the publishers of this prayer ; and Dr. Birch , who had examined the question with great care , was inclined to think them the forgers . The use of ...
Page 71
... gave him , as was reported , a hundred Jacobuses . Salmasius was a man of skill in languages , know- ledge of antiquity , and sagacity of emendatory criticism , almost exceeding all hope of human attainment ; and having , by excessive ...
... gave him , as was reported , a hundred Jacobuses . Salmasius was a man of skill in languages , know- ledge of antiquity , and sagacity of emendatory criticism , almost exceeding all hope of human attainment ; and having , by excessive ...
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