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... closed and he * The Court of Star Chamber , the most infamous in English history , derived its name from the room in which it sat , which was frescoed with stars . It was the old council chamber of the ancient palace of Westminster ...
... closed and he * The Court of Star Chamber , the most infamous in English history , derived its name from the room in which it sat , which was frescoed with stars . It was the old council chamber of the ancient palace of Westminster ...
Page 91
... closed reposi- tory of literature , but introduced him to the friendly attentions of Cardinal Barberini , at that time possessed of the whole delegated sov- ereignty of Rome by his uncle the reigning pope , Urban VIII . This prelate ...
... closed reposi- tory of literature , but introduced him to the friendly attentions of Cardinal Barberini , at that time possessed of the whole delegated sov- ereignty of Rome by his uncle the reigning pope , Urban VIII . This prelate ...
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... closed by his translation of the Latin declaration of the Poles in favor of the election of John Sobieski to the throne of Poland . Milton , as we have seen , had long been an invalid ; the gout especially had of late years racked his ...
... closed by his translation of the Latin declaration of the Poles in favor of the election of John Sobieski to the throne of Poland . Milton , as we have seen , had long been an invalid ; the gout especially had of late years racked his ...
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