Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1906 - 493 pagina's |
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Pagina 107
... afterwards obliged to return . Two thousand pounds , which he had placed in the Excise - office , were also lost . There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence . His wants , being few , were competently ...
... afterwards obliged to return . Two thousand pounds , which he had placed in the Excise - office , were also lost . There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence . His wants , being few , were competently ...
Pagina 136
... afterwards admitted into the family of the Countess of Kent , where he had the use of a library ; and so much ... afterward in the family of Sir Samuel Luke , one of Cromwell ' officers . Here he observed so much of the character of th ...
... afterwards admitted into the family of the Countess of Kent , where he had the use of a library ; and so much ... afterward in the family of Sir Samuel Luke , one of Cromwell ' officers . Here he observed so much of the character of th ...
Pagina 170
... afterwards with other poems . Waller was not one of those idolaters of praise who cultivate their minds at the expence of their fortunes . Rich as he was by inheritance , he took care early to grow richer by marrying Mrs. Banks , a ...
... afterwards with other poems . Waller was not one of those idolaters of praise who cultivate their minds at the expence of their fortunes . Rich as he was by inheritance , he took care early to grow richer by marrying Mrs. Banks , a ...
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