Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Volume 1Volume One: Poets included are Lancelot Andrewes, Francis Bacon, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Robert Burton, Phineas Fletcher, Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Herrick, George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Thomas Carew, Sir Thomas Browne, Sir William Davenant, Edmund Waller, Sir John Suckling, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan. |
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EORGE HERBERT was born at G Montgomery on the Welsh bor- der , April 3 , 1593. His father's was the most distinguished family on the English - Welsh border ; his mother's father was reputed the largest landowner in Shropshire .
EORGE HERBERT was born at G Montgomery on the Welsh bor- der , April 3 , 1593. His father's was the most distinguished family on the English - Welsh border ; his mother's father was reputed the largest landowner in Shropshire .
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But Herbert de- voted himself to the labors of a country parson with such zeal and effectiveness that , though his ministry was to last less than three years , it became the model for his tradition . He died on March 1 , 1633 .
But Herbert de- voted himself to the labors of a country parson with such zeal and effectiveness that , though his ministry was to last less than three years , it became the model for his tradition . He died on March 1 , 1633 .
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And in this time of considering , He endur'd ( as he would often say ) such spiritual Conflicts , as none can think , but only those that have endur'd them . he often , and publickly declar'd a desire that Mr. Herbert would marry any of ...
And in this time of considering , He endur'd ( as he would often say ) such spiritual Conflicts , as none can think , but only those that have endur'd them . he often , and publickly declar'd a desire that Mr. Herbert would marry any of ...
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The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
A Selected List of Books on the Background and the Literature of the First | 29 |
Francis Bacon | 43 |
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