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Pàgina ix
... King , 32 - At the Restoration made Surveyor of the King's buildings , 33 - Dies , March 19 , 1668 , 33 - His character as a Poet , 34 - The strength of Denham , 35 . JOHN MILTON , 1608-1674 • T P. 37 By Birth a Gentleman , 37 - His ...
... King , 32 - At the Restoration made Surveyor of the King's buildings , 33 - Dies , March 19 , 1668 , 33 - His character as a Poet , 34 - The strength of Denham , 35 . JOHN MILTON , 1608-1674 • T P. 37 By Birth a Gentleman , 37 - His ...
Pàgina xv
... King William shows him how to cut Aspara . gus in the Dutch way , and offers to make him a Captain of Horse , 353— Made M.A. of Oxford , 354 - Enters the Church , 354- " Cousin Swift , you will never be a Poet , " 355 - Stella , 355 ...
... King William shows him how to cut Aspara . gus in the Dutch way , and offers to make him a Captain of Horse , 353— Made M.A. of Oxford , 354 - Enters the Church , 354- " Cousin Swift , you will never be a Poet , " 355 - Stella , 355 ...
Pàgina 3
... king and queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days , and two or three nights in the week . In the year 1647 , his " Mistress ...
... king and queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days , and two or three nights in the week . In the year 1647 , his " Mistress ...
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... King Charles I. and Lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experi- ment of their future fortunes , and met with passages equally ominous to each . That of the king was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus ...
... King Charles I. and Lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experi- ment of their future fortunes , and met with passages equally ominous to each . That of the king was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus ...
Pàgina 26
... king was placed alone , and o'er his head A well - wrought heaven of silk and gold was spread . Whatever he writes is always polluted with some conceit : Where the sun's fruitful beams give metals birth , Where he the growth of fatal ...
... king was placed alone , and o'er his head A well - wrought heaven of silk and gold was spread . Whatever he writes is always polluted with some conceit : Where the sun's fruitful beams give metals birth , Where he the growth of fatal ...
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