The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
... King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
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... king Charles pronounced , " that Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been ...
... king Charles pronounced , " that Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been ...
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... kings : Joas at first does bright and glorious shew , In life's fresh morn his fame does early crow . Describing an ... king was plac'd alone , and o'er his head A well - wrought heaven of silk and gold was spread . Whatever he writes ...
... kings : Joas at first does bright and glorious shew , In life's fresh morn his fame does early crow . Describing an ... king was plac'd alone , and o'er his head A well - wrought heaven of silk and gold was spread . Whatever he writes ...
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... king ; but he soon resigned that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published " Cooper's Hill . " This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . A report was ...
... king ; but he soon resigned that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published " Cooper's Hill . " This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . A report was ...
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... king's condescension he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was afterwards employed in carrying on the king's corres- pondence ; and , as he says , discharged this duty with great safety to the royalists ; and ...
... king's condescension he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was afterwards employed in carrying on the king's corres- pondence ; and , as he says , discharged this duty with great safety to the royalists ; and ...
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