The Lives of John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson |
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... youth , as nothing but death could force a separation . And though their bodies were divided , their affections were not ; for that learned Knight's love followed his friend's fame beyond death , and the forgetful grave ; which he ...
... youth , as nothing but death could force a separation . And though their bodies were divided , their affections were not ; for that learned Knight's love followed his friend's fame beyond death , and the forgetful grave ; which he ...
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... youth and health promised him a long life , ) to rectify all scruples that might concern that , pre- sently lay aside all study of the law , and of all other sciences that might give him a denomination , and began seriously to survey ...
... youth and health promised him a long life , ) to rectify all scruples that might concern that , pre- sently lay aside all study of the law , and of all other sciences that might give him a denomination , and began seriously to survey ...
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... youth , and travel , and needless bounty , had brought his estate into a narrow compass . It is observed , and most truly , that silence and submission are charming qualities , and work most upon passionate men ; and it proved so with ...
... youth , and travel , and needless bounty , had brought his estate into a narrow compass . It is observed , and most truly , that silence and submission are charming qualities , and work most upon passionate men ; and it proved so with ...
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... like St. Ambrose after it : and if his youth had the infirmities of the one , his age had the excellencies of the other ; the learning and holiness of both . And now all his studies , which had been occa- 26 THE LIFE.
... like St. Ambrose after it : and if his youth had the infirmities of the one , his age had the excellencies of the other ; the learning and holiness of both . And now all his studies , which had been occa- 26 THE LIFE.
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... youth ; her , with whom he had divided so many pleasant sorrows and contented fears , as common people are not capable of ; not hard to think but that she being now removed by death , a commeasurable grief took as full a possession of ...
... youth ; her , with whom he had divided so many pleasant sorrows and contented fears , as common people are not capable of ; not hard to think but that she being now removed by death , a commeasurable grief took as full a possession of ...
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