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" But his Fame is gone out like a Candle in a Snuff, and his Memory will always stink, which might have ever lived in honourable Repute, had not he been a notorious Traytor, and most impiously and villanously bely'd that blessed Martyr, King Charles the... "
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1883
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Retrospective Review, Volume 10

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 378 pages
...poems and a tragedy, — viz. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Sampson Angonista; but his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff', and his memory...in honourable repute, had not he been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villainously belied that blessed martyr, King Charles the First!" —...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 10

Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...poems and a tragedy, — viz. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Sampson Angonista; but his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff, and his memory...in honourable repute, had not he been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villainously belied that blessed martyr, King Charles the First !"...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...might deservedly give him " a place among the principal of " our English poets. — But his " fame is gone out like a candle " in a snuff, and his memory...might " have ever lived in honourable " repute, had he not been a " notorious traytor, &c." Lives of the Poets, p. 1?5. edit. 1687. I mention these descriptions...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 10

Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...poems and a tragedy, — viz. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Sampson Angonista; but his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff', and his memory...in honourable repute, had not he been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villainously belied that blessed martyr, King Charles the First !"...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 6

John Milton - 1826 - 476 pages
...natural parts might deservedly give him a place among the principal of our English poets.—But his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff, and his memory...which might have ever lived in honourable repute, had he not been a notorious tray tor," &c. Lives of the Poets, p. 175. edit. 1687. I mention these descriptions...
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The Life of Andrew Marvell, the Celebrated Patriot: With Extracts and ...

John Dove - 1832 - 136 pages
...poems and a tragedy, viz : — Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes ; but his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff, and his memory...which might have ever lived in honourable repute', had he not been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villanously belied that blessed martyr, King...
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The Life of Andrew Marvell, the Celebrated Patriot: With Extracts and ...

John Dove - 1832 - 128 pages
...expected to chronicle the stern patriodise Kegatned, and Samson Agonistes ; but his fame is none out candle in a snuff, and his memory will always stink, which might ha lived in honourable repute, had he not been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villanonsly...
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The Book of Table-talk, Volume 2

Charles MacFarlane - Anecdotes - 1836 - 340 pages
...heroick poems and a tragedy; namely, Parodies Lost, Paradice Regain d, and Sampson Agonista. But his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff, and his memory...impiously and villanously bely'd that blessed martyr, King Charles the First."—Lives of the Poets, p. 196. (Ed. 1687.) A much greater favourite than Milton...
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The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Memoirs of the life of Sir ...

Sir Humphry Davy - Agricultural chemistry - 1839 - 508 pages
...Regained, and Samson Agonistcs, the biographer adds in language worthy of his sentiments — " But his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff, and his memory...impiously and villanously bely'd that blessed martyr, King Charles the First." And (strange inconsistency) this writer's motto was " Marmora Mceonii vincunt monumenta...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 4

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1846 - 632 pages
...him as false and unworthy of the least credit. At a time when it was written of Milton : " His fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff, and his memory...will always stink, which might have ever lived in honorable repute, had he not been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villainously belied that...
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