A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: with Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, 1861 - English language |
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... afterwards removed to the Cockpit , Drury Lane , where he performed until the eve of the Restoration . " † Rutland House was in Charter House Square ; and it is said that Davenant's performances there were countenanced by Whitelock ...
... afterwards removed to the Cockpit , Drury Lane , where he performed until the eve of the Restoration . " † Rutland House was in Charter House Square ; and it is said that Davenant's performances there were countenanced by Whitelock ...
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... ( afterwards Earl of Orrery ) , with the Lady Margaret Howard , daughter of the Earl of Suffolk ; and the reader will admire the art with which grace and even poetry of expression is preserved throughout along with the forms of speech ...
... ( afterwards Earl of Orrery ) , with the Lady Margaret Howard , daughter of the Earl of Suffolk ; and the reader will admire the art with which grace and even poetry of expression is preserved throughout along with the forms of speech ...
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... afterwards corrected or revised . There are , however , among them some that are not without vivacity and ... ( afterwards bishop first of Rochester and then of Ely ) , by the editors J. L. and S. D. , who appear to have been John Lake ...
... afterwards corrected or revised . There are , however , among them some that are not without vivacity and ... ( afterwards bishop first of Rochester and then of Ely ) , by the editors J. L. and S. D. , who appear to have been John Lake ...
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... afterwards more fully illustrated by Mr. Octavius Gilchrist in the Gentle- man's Magazine ; and he was subsequently made more widely known by the specimens of him given by Ellis , -among the rest the passage of consummate beauty ...
... afterwards more fully illustrated by Mr. Octavius Gilchrist in the Gentle- man's Magazine ; and he was subsequently made more widely known by the specimens of him given by Ellis , -among the rest the passage of consummate beauty ...
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... first my tutor read them , those did then Return into my memory again ; So that with which I had so much to do A week made easy , yea , and pleasing too . Afterwards he betook himself to court : — But there D 2 WITHER . 335.
... first my tutor read them , those did then Return into my memory again ; So that with which I had so much to do A week made easy , yea , and pleasing too . Afterwards he betook himself to court : — But there D 2 WITHER . 335.
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