The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... soon after the accession of King James , he was knighted and made a judge ; but , his constitution being too weak for business , he retired before any disreputa- ble compliances became necessary . He had likewise a daughter Anne , whom ...
... soon after the accession of King James , he was knighted and made a judge ; but , his constitution being too weak for business , he retired before any disreputa- ble compliances became necessary . He had likewise a daughter Anne , whom ...
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... soon determined to re- pudiate her for disobedience ; and , being one of those who could easily find arguments to justify inclina- tion , published ( in 1644 ) The Doctrine and Disci- pline of Divorce ; ' which was followed by The ...
... soon determined to re- pudiate her for disobedience ; and , being one of those who could easily find arguments to justify inclina- tion , published ( in 1644 ) The Doctrine and Disci- pline of Divorce ; ' which was followed by The ...
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... soon brought him to an act of oblivion and a firm league of peace . ' It were in- jurious to omit , that Milton afterwards received her father and her brothers in his own house , when they were distressed , with other Royalists . 6 He ...
... soon brought him to an act of oblivion and a firm league of peace . ' It were in- jurious to omit , that Milton afterwards received her father and her brothers in his own house , when they were distressed , with other Royalists . 6 He ...
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... Soon after his marriage , according to an obscure story , he was offered the continuance of bis employ- ment , and , being pressed by his wife to accept it , answered , You , like other women , want to ride in your coach ; my wish is to ...
... Soon after his marriage , according to an obscure story , he was offered the continuance of bis employ- ment , and , being pressed by his wife to accept it , answered , You , like other women , want to ride in your coach ; my wish is to ...
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... soon learn the sounds which every native gives it , that he need make no provi- sion before his journey ; and if strangers visit us , it is their business to practise such conformity to our modes as they expect from us in their own coun ...
... soon learn the sounds which every native gives it , that he need make no provi- sion before his journey ; and if strangers visit us , it is their business to practise such conformity to our modes as they expect from us in their own coun ...
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Page 100 - This neglect of rime is so little to be taken for a defect, though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers, that it is rather to be esteemed an example, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming.