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Page 31
... prefent the reader with a quotation taken from a comedy of his , publifhed in Dodfley's col- lection of old plays , called A Bird in a Cage , P. 234. Jupiter is introduced thus fpeaking , C 4 Let Let the mufic of the spheres , Captivate ...
... prefent the reader with a quotation taken from a comedy of his , publifhed in Dodfley's col- lection of old plays , called A Bird in a Cage , P. 234. Jupiter is introduced thus fpeaking , C 4 Let Let the mufic of the spheres , Captivate ...
Page 45
... prefent in many of his Majefty's journies and expeditions ; by this means he gained an acquaintance and familiarity with the perfonages of the court and of the gown , and particularly had the entire friendship of my lord Falkland , one ...
... prefent in many of his Majefty's journies and expeditions ; by this means he gained an acquaintance and familiarity with the perfonages of the court and of the gown , and particularly had the entire friendship of my lord Falkland , one ...
Page 55
... prefent age , that the works of Mr. Cowley are falling into difefteem ; they certainly contain more wit , and good fenfe , than the works of many other poets , whom it is now fashionable to read ; that kind of poetry , which is known by ...
... prefent age , that the works of Mr. Cowley are falling into difefteem ; they certainly contain more wit , and good fenfe , than the works of many other poets , whom it is now fashionable to read ; that kind of poetry , which is known by ...
Page 69
... prefent danger , none of his biographers have re- lated , but it appears that he did not , upon this oc- cafion , fuffer long confinement ; he at laft retired beyond fea , where he continued for fome time , but the Queen fending over a ...
... prefent danger , none of his biographers have re- lated , but it appears that he did not , upon this oc- cafion , fuffer long confinement ; he at laft retired beyond fea , where he continued for fome time , but the Queen fending over a ...
Page 74
... prefent thankfulness , I " should rather ask your pardon , for going about to make a prefent to you of myfelf ; for it may argue me to be incorrigible , that , after " fo many affictions , I have yet fo much am- bition , as to defire to ...
... prefent thankfulness , I " should rather ask your pardon , for going about to make a prefent to you of myfelf ; for it may argue me to be incorrigible , that , after " fo many affictions , I have yet fo much am- bition , as to defire to ...
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