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... later services in poetry had at last been rewarded with office . He left Ireland bearing urgent letters to Whitehall , which he delivered to the Council on Christmas Eve 1598. For this , his last service , he was well paid . But two ...
... later services in poetry had at last been rewarded with office . He left Ireland bearing urgent letters to Whitehall , which he delivered to the Council on Christmas Eve 1598. For this , his last service , he was well paid . But two ...
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... later section . ) Poetry mirrored ' nature ' ( universal order ) , as will later be explained Number belonged to what was mirrored and so to the poetry that mirrored it , as a factor in harmony and proportion , as an ordering and ...
... later section . ) Poetry mirrored ' nature ' ( universal order ) , as will later be explained Number belonged to what was mirrored and so to the poetry that mirrored it , as a factor in harmony and proportion , as an ordering and ...
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... later Rector of Diss in Norfolk . He lampooned Wolsey and suffered for it . In old style he wrote a morality play Magnificence - recently performed in London . But he is best known for his ' free rhythm ' informal verses , convivial or ...
... later Rector of Diss in Norfolk . He lampooned Wolsey and suffered for it . In old style he wrote a morality play Magnificence - recently performed in London . But he is best known for his ' free rhythm ' informal verses , convivial or ...
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