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... born to be King . HAZLITT . GRAY . ADDISON . MOORE . BURNS . HOOD . SHELLEY . MILTON L'Allegro and Il Pen- seroso . POPE - Rape of the Lock . THOMSON . COLLINS . COLE- RIDGE . KEATS . WORDSWORTH - Intimations of Immortality ...
... born to be King . HAZLITT . GRAY . ADDISON . MOORE . BURNS . HOOD . SHELLEY . MILTON L'Allegro and Il Pen- seroso . POPE - Rape of the Lock . THOMSON . COLLINS . COLE- RIDGE . KEATS . WORDSWORTH - Intimations of Immortality ...
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... born in London in 1553 , and died in 1598. His verse is distinguished by an unchecked exuberance of fancy and an exquisite sense of melody . His longest work , " The Faerie Queene , " an elaborate panegyric in allegory upon Elizabeth ...
... born in London in 1553 , and died in 1598. His verse is distinguished by an unchecked exuberance of fancy and an exquisite sense of melody . His longest work , " The Faerie Queene , " an elaborate panegyric in allegory upon Elizabeth ...
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... born near Exeter , in 1553 , and died in 1600 . His life was marked by no striking incidents . His chief work on “ Ecclesiastical Polity " is a work of great erudition and eloquence . In the words of Hallam , " So stately and grace- ful ...
... born near Exeter , in 1553 , and died in 1600 . His life was marked by no striking incidents . His chief work on “ Ecclesiastical Polity " is a work of great erudition and eloquence . In the words of Hallam , " So stately and grace- ful ...
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... born in London , in 1561 , and died in 1626. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon , lord keeper ; and his uncle , Lord Burleigh , and his cousin , Sir Robert Cecil , were ministers of Queen Elizabeth , so that from early youth he was ...
... born in London , in 1561 , and died in 1626. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon , lord keeper ; and his uncle , Lord Burleigh , and his cousin , Sir Robert Cecil , were ministers of Queen Elizabeth , so that from early youth he was ...
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... born in the year 1568 , and died in 1639. He was for many years in public employments , and at the time of his death was provost of Eton College . A very interesting biography of him is contained in " Izaak Walton's Lives . " The works ...
... born in the year 1568 , and died in 1639. He was for many years in public employments , and at the time of his death was provost of Eton College . A very interesting biography of him is contained in " Izaak Walton's Lives . " The works ...
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