The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... opinion held by them in common with the church of Rome ; and Prynne published Histrio- mastix , a huge volume , in which stage - plays were censured . The outrages and crimes of the puritans brought after- wards their whole system of ...
... opinion held by them in common with the church of Rome ; and Prynne published Histrio- mastix , a huge volume , in which stage - plays were censured . The outrages and crimes of the puritans brought after- wards their whole system of ...
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... opinion of the nation was now settled ; a hero introduced by Blackmore was not likely to find either respect or kindness ; Alfred took his place by Eliza , in silence and darkness ; benevolence was ashamed to favour , and malice was ...
... opinion of the nation was now settled ; a hero introduced by Blackmore was not likely to find either respect or kindness ; Alfred took his place by Eliza , in silence and darkness ; benevolence was ashamed to favour , and malice was ...
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... opinion of its readers . Swift commended it for the excellence of its morality , as a piece that " placed all kinds of vice in the strongest and most odious light ; " but others , and among them dr . Herring , afterwards archbishop of ...
... opinion of its readers . Swift commended it for the excellence of its morality , as a piece that " placed all kinds of vice in the strongest and most odious light ; " but others , and among them dr . Herring , afterwards archbishop of ...
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... opinion on his death - bed , he thought it his duty to provide for him among his other natural children , and therefore demanded a positive account of him , with an importunity not to be diverted or denied . His mother , who could no ...
... opinion on his death - bed , he thought it his duty to provide for him among his other natural children , and therefore demanded a positive account of him , with an importunity not to be diverted or denied . His mother , who could no ...
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... opinion , the nobility ought to think themselves obliged , without solicitation , to take every opportunity of support- ing him by their countenance and patronage . But he had generally the mortification to hear that the whole interest ...
... opinion , the nobility ought to think themselves obliged , without solicitation , to take every opportunity of support- ing him by their countenance and patronage . But he had generally the mortification to hear that the whole interest ...
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