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Page vii
... friends , neglected to reward the author . The King's excessive fondness for the poem , and his surprising disregard and neglect of the author , is fully and movingly related by Butler himself , in his poem entitled " Hudibras at Court ...
... friends , neglected to reward the author . The King's excessive fondness for the poem , and his surprising disregard and neglect of the author , is fully and movingly related by Butler himself , in his poem entitled " Hudibras at Court ...
Page viii
... friends . Such were the doctrines that were taught , Till this unthinking King was brought To leave his friends to starve and die , A poor reward for loyalty . " We are , indeed , informed , that Butler was once in a fair way of ...
... friends . Such were the doctrines that were taught , Till this unthinking King was brought To leave his friends to starve and die , A poor reward for loyalty . " We are , indeed , informed , that Butler was once in a fair way of ...
Page ix
... friend attended accordingly , and the Duke joined them , but by an unlucky incident this interview was broke off ; and it will always be remembered , to the reproach of the age , that this great and inimitable poet was suffered to live ...
... friend attended accordingly , and the Duke joined them , but by an unlucky incident this interview was broke off ; and it will always be remembered , to the reproach of the age , that this great and inimitable poet was suffered to live ...
Page x
... friend was Charles , Lord Buckhurst , afterwards Earl of Dorset and Middlesex , who , being an excellent poet himself ... friends , to whom the integrity of his life , the acuteness of his wit , and the easiness of his conversation ...
... friend was Charles , Lord Buckhurst , afterwards Earl of Dorset and Middlesex , who , being an excellent poet himself ... friends , to whom the integrity of his life , the acuteness of his wit , and the easiness of his conversation ...
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... friends . The giving up of Strafford was mean and cow- ardly ; and far from the letter which that unfortunate noble- man is said to have sent him , urging the King not to let his life stand as an obstacle to an agreement between him and ...
... friends . The giving up of Strafford was mean and cow- ardly ; and far from the letter which that unfortunate noble- man is said to have sent him , urging the King not to let his life stand as an obstacle to an agreement between him and ...
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