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Pagina 8
... shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something encomiastick , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse ...
... shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something encomiastick , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse ...
Pagina 298
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
Pagina 429
... shew ev'n Cromwell's innocence , And compliment the storms that bore him hence . O ! had thy Muse not come an age too soon , But seen great Nassau on the British throne , How had his triumph glitter'd in thy page ! - What is this but to ...
... shew ev'n Cromwell's innocence , And compliment the storms that bore him hence . O ! had thy Muse not come an age too soon , But seen great Nassau on the British throne , How had his triumph glitter'd in thy page ! - What is this but to ...
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