A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 3George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... young puritan at last fell into bad com- pany and habits , and for a time abandoned study altogether . Being gifted by nature with a powerful and agile frame , he became fond of all athletic exercises , and acquired great skill in the ...
... young puritan at last fell into bad com- pany and habits , and for a time abandoned study altogether . Being gifted by nature with a powerful and agile frame , he became fond of all athletic exercises , and acquired great skill in the ...
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... young preacher made a deep impression on his metropolitan audi- ence : " by his florid and youthful beauty , his sweet and pleasant air , his sublime and raised discourses , he made his hearers take him for some young angel descended ...
... young preacher made a deep impression on his metropolitan audi- ence : " by his florid and youthful beauty , his sweet and pleasant air , his sublime and raised discourses , he made his hearers take him for some young angel descended ...
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... Young Milton received his first instruction at the hands of a private tutor . The person selected for this charge was Thomas Young , whom Aubrey contemptuously describes as " a puritan in Essex , who cutt his haire short , " That the ...
... Young Milton received his first instruction at the hands of a private tutor . The person selected for this charge was Thomas Young , whom Aubrey contemptuously describes as " a puritan in Essex , who cutt his haire short , " That the ...
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