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... 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 . Herbert lost ...
... 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 . Herbert lost ...
Page 260
... Herbert de- voted himself to the labors of a country parson with such zeal and effectiveness that , though his ... Herbert's English poems must have circu- lated in manuscript , for even in his lifetime he enjoyed a reputation as a poet ...
... Herbert de- voted himself to the labors of a country parson with such zeal and effectiveness that , though his ... Herbert's English poems must have circu- lated in manuscript , for even in his lifetime he enjoyed a reputation as a poet ...
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... Herbert would marry any of his Nine Daughters ( for he had so many ) but rather , his Daughter Jane , than any other , because Jane was his beloved Daughter : And he had often said the same to Mr. Herbert himself ; and that if he could ...
... Herbert would marry any of his Nine Daughters ( for he had so many ) but rather , his Daughter Jane , than any other , because Jane was his beloved Daughter : And he had often said the same to Mr. Herbert himself ; and that if he could ...
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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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