Seventeenth-century Verse and ProseMacmillan, 1959 |
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... HERBERT was born at 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 his ...
... HERBERT was born at 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 his ...
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 was born the Third day of April , in the Year of our Redemp- tion 1593. The place of his Birth was near to ... Herbert the Son of Edward Herbert Knight , the son of Richard Herbert Kt . the Son of the famous Sir Richard Her- bert ...
... Herbert was born the Third day of April , in the Year of our Redemp- tion 1593. The place of his Birth was near to ... Herbert the Son of Edward Herbert Knight , the son of Richard Herbert Kt . the Son of the famous Sir Richard Her- bert ...
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The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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