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... Court ? the whole force of Skelton's satire is concentrated on Cardinal Wolsey as representative to his mind of all the clerical vices against which he has been inveighing . In The Bowge of Court the follies and vices of Court life are ...
... Court ? the whole force of Skelton's satire is concentrated on Cardinal Wolsey as representative to his mind of all the clerical vices against which he has been inveighing . In The Bowge of Court the follies and vices of Court life are ...
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... Court under the patronage of Leicester . But in 1580 he was offered new work , the circumstances of which coloured the rest of his life and gave special charac- teristics to his great poem , the " Faerie Queene . " Lord Grey of Wilton ...
... Court under the patronage of Leicester . But in 1580 he was offered new work , the circumstances of which coloured the rest of his life and gave special charac- teristics to his great poem , the " Faerie Queene . " Lord Grey of Wilton ...
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... Court of Charles II . On the iniquitous execu- tion of Lord Russell , Burnet remonstrated with the King , and had to withdraw from Court . He became attached to the service of William of Orange , and was so valued by Mary as a spiritual ...
... Court of Charles II . On the iniquitous execu- tion of Lord Russell , Burnet remonstrated with the King , and had to withdraw from Court . He became attached to the service of William of Orange , and was so valued by Mary as a spiritual ...
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