The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a 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 this ...
... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a 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 this ...
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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 1647 ...
... 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 1647 ...
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... 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 retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of ...
... 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 retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of ...
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... passed on to Naples in company of a hermit , a companion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted with ...
... passed on to Naples in company of a hermit , a companion from whom little could be expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted with ...
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... passed the life of Butler , a man whose name can only perish with his language . The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is , that he was ...
... passed the life of Butler , a man whose name can only perish with his language . The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is , that he was ...
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