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... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with the representation of " The Guardian , " a comedy which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That ...
... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with the representation of " The Guardian , " a comedy which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That ...
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... passed between the 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 ...
... passed between the 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 ...
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Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and ...
Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and ...
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... passing through a place called the Hay - wood Forest , or Haywood in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this accident being related to their father upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at the ...
... passing through a place called the Hay - wood Forest , or Haywood in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this accident being related to their father upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at the ...
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... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit , a com- panion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his in- troduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough ...
... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit , a com- panion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his in- troduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough ...
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