“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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... caufe from spite only , can be depended upon by no party , because he acts not upon any principles of honour or conviction . Our author died fuddenly in the year 1652 , and was interred near the tomb of Camden , on the Weft fide of the ...
... caufe from spite only , can be depended upon by no party , because he acts not upon any principles of honour or conviction . Our author died fuddenly in the year 1652 , and was interred near the tomb of Camden , on the Weft fide of the ...
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... caufe in verfe , against the Pref- byterians , who perfecuted him in their turn with more folid feverity ; for he was ejected , ar foon as the reins of power were in their hands . Dr. Fuller beftows upon our author the most lavish ...
... caufe in verfe , against the Pref- byterians , who perfecuted him in their turn with more folid feverity ; for he was ejected , ar foon as the reins of power were in their hands . Dr. Fuller beftows upon our author the most lavish ...
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... caufe was def perate , he began to tamper with the prevailing power ; and upon Oliver Cromwell's being raised to the Protectorship , he fo far coincided with the Ufurper's interefts , as to undergo the examination of the Friers , in ...
... caufe was def perate , he began to tamper with the prevailing power ; and upon Oliver Cromwell's being raised to the Protectorship , he fo far coincided with the Ufurper's interefts , as to undergo the examination of the Friers , in ...
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... caufe declining beyond hope of recovery , Shirley came again to London , and in order to fuppert himself and family , re- fumed his former occupation of teaching a school , in White Fryars , in which he was pretty fuccefs- ful , and ...
... caufe declining beyond hope of recovery , Shirley came again to London , and in order to fuppert himself and family , re- fumed his former occupation of teaching a school , in White Fryars , in which he was pretty fuccefs- ful , and ...
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... caufe , engaged him in the service of the King , and he was 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 ...
... caufe , engaged him in the service of the King , and he was 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 ...
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