The Lives of John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson |
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... 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 this to the disadvantage of the person represented : certain I am , it is to ...
... 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 this to the disadvantage of the person represented : certain I am , it is to ...
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... reader may be pleased to know , that his father was masculinely and lineally descended from a very ancient family in Wales , where many of his name now live , that deserve and have great reputation in that country . By his mother he was ...
... reader may be pleased to know , that his father was masculinely and lineally descended from a very ancient family in Wales , where many of his name now live , that deserve and have great reputation in that country . By his mother he was ...
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... reader shall have some account in what follows . He was now entered into the eighteenth year of his age ; and at that time had betrothed himself to no religion that might give him any other deno- mination than a Christian . And reason ...
... reader shall have some account in what follows . He was now entered into the eighteenth year of his age ; and at that time had betrothed himself to no religion that might give him any other deno- mination than a Christian . And reason ...
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... reader an account before I shall give rest to my pen . Mr. Donne and his wife continued with Sir Francis Wolly till his death ; a little before which time Sir Francis was so happy as to make a per- fect reconciliation betwixt Sir George ...
... reader an account before I shall give rest to my pen . Mr. Donne and his wife continued with Sir Francis Wolly till his death ; a little before which time Sir Francis was so happy as to make a per- fect reconciliation betwixt Sir George ...
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... reader do enjoy his own opinion . But if the unbelieving will not allow the believing reader of this story a liberty to believe that it may be true , then I wish him to consider , many wise men have believed that the ghost of Julius ...
... reader do enjoy his own opinion . But if the unbelieving will not allow the believing reader of this story a liberty to believe that it may be true , then I wish him to consider , many wise men have believed that the ghost of Julius ...
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