The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decy- phering the letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and ...
... earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decy- phering the letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and ...
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... earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men , whose minds are more on things than ...
... earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men , whose minds are more on things than ...
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... earl of St. Alban's and the duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit , it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy ? Let them peruse one of his ...
... earl of St. Alban's and the duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit , it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy ? Let them peruse one of his ...
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... earl of Pembroke . Of the next years of his life there is no account . At the restoration , he obtained that which many missed , the re- ward of his loyalty ; being made surveyor of the king's buildings , and dignified with the order of ...
... earl of Pembroke . Of the next years of his life there is no account . At the restoration , he obtained that which many missed , the re- ward of his loyalty ; being made surveyor of the king's buildings , and dignified with the order of ...
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... earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; but we never can refuse to any modern the liberty of borrowing from Homer , a quo , ceu fonte perenni , Vatum Pieriis ora rigantur aquis . His next ...
... earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; but we never can refuse to any modern the liberty of borrowing from Homer , a quo , ceu fonte perenni , Vatum Pieriis ora rigantur aquis . His next ...
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