Wits and Beaux of SocietyG. Routledge, 1883 - 508 pages |
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... Fairfax . - Villiers in the Tower . - Abraham Cowley , the Poet . - The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall . - Buckingham's Wit and Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a Poet ...
... Fairfax . - Villiers in the Tower . - Abraham Cowley , the Poet . - The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall . - Buckingham's Wit and Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a Poet ...
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... Fairfax . - Villiers in the Tower . - Abraham Cowley , the Poet . - The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall . - Buckingham's Wit and Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a Poet ...
... Fairfax . - Villiers in the Tower . - Abraham Cowley , the Poet . - The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall . - Buckingham's Wit and Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a Poet ...
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... Fairfax expresses it , ' the greatest name in England ; his mother , the greatest estate of any subject . ' With this in- heritance there had also descended to him the wonderful beauty , the matchless grace , of his ill - fated father ...
... Fairfax expresses it , ' the greatest name in England ; his mother , the greatest estate of any subject . ' With this in- heritance there had also descended to him the wonderful beauty , the matchless grace , of his ill - fated father ...
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... Fairfax , ' he was slain . ' ' The oak - tree , ' writes the devoted servant , ' is his monument , ' and the letters of F. V. were cut in it in his day . His body was conveyed by water to Vork House , and was entombed with that of his ...
... Fairfax , ' he was slain . ' ' The oak - tree , ' writes the devoted servant , ' is his monument , ' and the letters of F. V. were cut in it in his day . His body was conveyed by water to Vork House , and was entombed with that of his ...
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... Fairfax , ' it had undoubtedly choked him , as I have credibly heard . " " * Whilst at St. Neot's , the house in which Villiers had taken refuge was surrounded with soldiers . He had a stout heart , and a dexterous hand ; he took his ...
... Fairfax , ' it had undoubtedly choked him , as I have credibly heard . " " * Whilst at St. Neot's , the house in which Villiers had taken refuge was surrounded with soldiers . He had a stout heart , and a dexterous hand ; he took his ...
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