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... Lord Hailes of " those impure tales which will be the eternal opprobrium of their ingenious author . " Johnson replied , " Sir , Lord Hailes has forgot . There is nothing in Prior that will excite to lewdness ; " and when Boswell ...
... Lord Hailes of " those impure tales which will be the eternal opprobrium of their ingenious author . " Johnson replied , " Sir , Lord Hailes has forgot . There is nothing in Prior that will excite to lewdness ; " and when Boswell ...
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... lords who had persuaded the king to the Partition Treaty , a treaty in which he himself had been ministerially employed . A great part of Queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little employment for negotiators , and ...
... lords who had persuaded the king to the Partition Treaty , a treaty in which he himself had been ministerially employed . A great part of Queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little employment for negotiators , and ...
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... Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign ; the reason for which is because he , having personally treated with Monsieur de Torcy , is the best ...
... Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign ; the reason for which is because he , having personally treated with Monsieur de Torcy , is the best ...
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... Lord Coningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lech- mere were the principal interrogators , who , in this examination , of which there is printed an account not unentertaining , behaved with the boisterousness of men elated by recent ...
... Lord Coningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lech- mere were the principal interrogators , who , in this examination , of which there is printed an account not unentertaining , behaved with the boisterousness of men elated by recent ...
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... Lord Harley , the son of the Earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal sum for the purchase of Down Hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and ...
... Lord Harley , the son of the Earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal sum for the purchase of Down Hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and ...
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