The Lucasta Poems by Richard Lovelace
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<2.20> See p. 149, NOTE 3.
with Hellenic literature possibly extended very little beyond the pages of the ANTHOLOGIA. <2.21> His favourites appear to have been Ausonius and Catullus. <2.22> On the 5th May, 1642, a counter-petition was presented by some Kentish gentlemen to the House of Commons, disclaiming and condemning the former one.--JOURNALS OF THE H. OF C. ii. 558. <2.23> "The humble petition of Richard Lovelace, Esquire, a prisoner in the Gate-house, by a former order of this House." --JOURNALS, ii. 629. <2.24> This property, which was of considerable extent and value, was purchased of the Cheney family, toward the latter part of the reign of Henry VI, by Richard Lovelace, of Queenhithe. <2.25> I do not think that there is any proof, that Gunpowder-alley was, at the time when Lovelace resided there, a particularly poor or mean locality. <2.26> See Lambarde (PERAMBULATION OF KENT, 1570, ed. 1826, p. 533). <2.27> As so little is known of the personal history of Lovelace, the reader may not be displeased to see this Dedication, and it is therefore subjoined:-- "To my Noble Friend And Gossip, CAPTAIN RICHARD LOVELACE. |
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