Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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... Whitehall we can almost hear his slightly drunken voice as he told stories of the days of Cromwell to the son of Henry Wilmot . From a copy of verses sent by Whitehall to the Earl some years later we learn that he used to lend his young ...
... Whitehall we can almost hear his slightly drunken voice as he told stories of the days of Cromwell to the son of Henry Wilmot . From a copy of verses sent by Whitehall to the Earl some years later we learn that he used to lend his young ...
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... Whitehall , though there is nothing in them that might not have been composed by a clever boy of thirteen . It is quite likely , however , that Whitehall helped to polish them : Virtues Triumphant Shrine ! who do'st engage At once three ...
... Whitehall , though there is nothing in them that might not have been composed by a clever boy of thirteen . It is quite likely , however , that Whitehall helped to polish them : Virtues Triumphant Shrine ! who do'st engage At once three ...
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... Whitehall did not forget his young friend now that he was a brilliant courtier . Probably he was not a little proud of his con- nection with one of the great men at Whitehall . On 1 January 1666/7 , he sent him his portrait from Oxford ...
... Whitehall did not forget his young friend now that he was a brilliant courtier . Probably he was not a little proud of his con- nection with one of the great men at Whitehall . On 1 January 1666/7 , he sent him his portrait from Oxford ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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