“The” Lives Of The Poets Of Great Britain And Ireland, To The Time Of Dean Swift: In Four Volumes, Volume 2 |
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... Sir William Davenant for the Laurel , and his ambition being frustrated , he conceived the most violent averfion to the King and Queen . Sir William Davenant , befides the acknowledged fuperiority of his abilities , had ever ...
... Sir William Davenant for the Laurel , and his ambition being frustrated , he conceived the most violent averfion to the King and Queen . Sir William Davenant , befides the acknowledged fuperiority of his abilities , had ever ...
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... unbounded day In th'Empyrean heav'n does ftay ; Thy rivers , lakes , and springs below , From thence took firft their rife , thither at laft muft flow . Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT . FEW EW poets have been fubjected Sir 62 The LIFE of.
... unbounded day In th'Empyrean heav'n does ftay ; Thy rivers , lakes , and springs below , From thence took firft their rife , thither at laft muft flow . Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT . FEW EW poets have been fubjected Sir 62 The LIFE of.
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In Four Volumes Theophilus Cibber. Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT . FEW EW poets have been fubjected to more vari- ous turns of fortune , than the gentleman whose memoirs we are now about to relate . He was a ... Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT . 63 Davenant,
In Four Volumes Theophilus Cibber. Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT . FEW EW poets have been fubjected to more vari- ous turns of fortune , than the gentleman whose memoirs we are now about to relate . He was a ... Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT . 63 Davenant,
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... Sir William afterwards removed into the family of Sir Fulk Greville , lord Brooke , who being himself a man of taste ... Davenant was left left without a patron , though not in very indigent 64 The LIFE of.
... Sir William afterwards removed into the family of Sir Fulk Greville , lord Brooke , who being himself a man of taste ... Davenant was left left without a patron , though not in very indigent 64 The LIFE of.
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... Sir Hen- ry Blount , Edward Hyde , afterwards earl of Cla- rendon , and the honourable Henry Howard . Our author spent the next eight years of his life in a conftant attendance upon court , where he was high- ly ... Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT . 65.
... Sir Hen- ry Blount , Edward Hyde , afterwards earl of Cla- rendon , and the honourable Henry Howard . Our author spent the next eight years of his life in a conftant attendance upon court , where he was high- ly ... Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT . 65.
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