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Pàgina ix
... sent a deputation to wait upon him on Easter Eve 1777 ; that the remuneration which he proposed and they agreed to was two hundred guineas , to which were afterwards added two further sums of one hundred guineas each ( ' he had , I ...
... sent a deputation to wait upon him on Easter Eve 1777 ; that the remuneration which he proposed and they agreed to was two hundred guineas , to which were afterwards added two further sums of one hundred guineas each ( ' he had , I ...
Pàgina 6
... sent back into England , that , ' under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things to this nation . ' Soon after his return to London he was seized by some messengers of the ...
... sent back into England , that , ' under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things to this nation . ' Soon after his return to London he was seized by some messengers of the ...
Pàgina 19
... , Which thee doth wear , A globe , yea world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . ' 1 On reading the following lines , the reader may COWLEY 19.
... , Which thee doth wear , A globe , yea world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . ' 1 On reading the following lines , the reader may COWLEY 19.
Pàgina 55
... sent to Oxford , where he was considered ' as a dreaming young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; ' and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a ...
... sent to Oxford , where he was considered ' as a dreaming young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; ' and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a ...
Pàgina 66
... sent to St. Paul's School , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and removed in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's College in Cambridge , where he entered a sizar , Feb. 12 , 1624 ( o.s. ) He was at this time eminently skilled in ...
... sent to St. Paul's School , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and removed in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's College in Cambridge , where he entered a sizar , Feb. 12 , 1624 ( o.s. ) He was at this time eminently skilled in ...
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