The Lives of John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson |
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... prove to have in it more of wonder than disdain . But wonder , indeed , the reader may , that I , who profess myself artless , should presume with my faint light to show forth his life , whose very name makes it illustrious ! But be ...
... prove to have in it more of wonder than disdain . But wonder , indeed , the reader may , that I , who profess myself artless , should presume with my faint light to show forth his life , whose very name makes it illustrious ! But be ...
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... prove to be the children of that blind father ; a passion , that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds remove feathers , and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire . And such an ...
... prove to be the children of that blind father ; a passion , that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds remove feathers , and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire . And such an ...
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... proved too true : for this bitter physic of Mr. Donne's dismission was not strong enough to purge out all Sir George's choler ; for he was not satisfied till Mr. Donne and his sometime compupil in Cambridge , that married him , namely ...
... proved too true : for this bitter physic of Mr. Donne's dismission was not strong enough to purge out all Sir George's choler ; for he was not satisfied till Mr. Donne and his sometime compupil in Cambridge , that married him , namely ...
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... proved so with Sir Robert ; for he imme- diately sent a servant to Drewry - house , with a charge to hasten back , and bring him word whether Mrs .. Donne were alive : and if alive , in what condition she was as to her health . The ...
... proved so with Sir Robert ; for he imme- diately sent a servant to Drewry - house , with a charge to hasten back , and bring him word whether Mrs .. Donne were alive : and if alive , in what condition she was as to her health . The ...
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... proving what was related to me ; and yet I think myself bound to declare , that though it was not told me by Mr. Donne himself , it was told me ( now long since ) by a person of honour , and of such intimacy with him , that he knew more ...
... proving what was related to me ; and yet I think myself bound to declare , that though it was not told me by Mr. Donne himself , it was told me ( now long since ) by a person of honour , and of such intimacy with him , that he knew more ...
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