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... reform further . But it They are both Lyric poems in the form of was a task far beyond his powers , perhaps le- Plays . There are perhaps no two kinds of yond any powers . Instead of correcting what composition so essentially dissimilar ...
... reform further . But it They are both Lyric poems in the form of was a task far beyond his powers , perhaps le- Plays . There are perhaps no two kinds of yond any powers . Instead of correcting what composition so essentially dissimilar ...
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... reforms , and renounced so many op- pressive prerogatives , did the parliament con- tinue to rise in their demands , at the risk of provoking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given up . The star - chamber had been abolished ...
... reforms , and renounced so many op- pressive prerogatives , did the parliament con- tinue to rise in their demands , at the risk of provoking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given up . The star - chamber had been abolished ...
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... reform , and con- As compositions , they deserve the attention of tented themselves with pulling down the king every man who wishes to become acquainted and imprisoning the malignants , acted like the with the full power of the English ...
... reform , and con- As compositions , they deserve the attention of tented themselves with pulling down the king every man who wishes to become acquainted and imprisoning the malignants , acted like the with the full power of the English ...
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... reform . In such bustling times , it was absolutely necessary to speak and write to the purpose . The absurdi- ties of Puritanism had , perhaps , done more . At the time when that odious style , which deforms the writings of Hall and of ...
... reform . In such bustling times , it was absolutely necessary to speak and write to the purpose . The absurdi- ties of Puritanism had , perhaps , done more . At the time when that odious style , which deforms the writings of Hall and of ...
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... reform in the sonnet and the ode . The The reigning taste was so bad , that the success rigour of the victorious sectaries had relaxed . of a writer was in inverse proportion to his A dominant religion is never ascetic . The labour ...
... reform in the sonnet and the ode . The The reigning taste was so bad , that the success rigour of the victorious sectaries had relaxed . of a writer was in inverse proportion to his A dominant religion is never ascetic . The labour ...
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