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... letter to the queen : - 66 ' My 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 ...
... letter to the queen : - 66 ' My 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 ...
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... letter , " Dear Mat , -Hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets . " Soon after ...
... letter , " Dear Mat , -Hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets . " Soon after ...
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Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. a letter to the queen , written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria . “ I shall expect , says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me ...
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. a letter to the queen , written in favour of the Elector of Bavaria . “ I shall expect , says he , " with impatience , the return of Mr. Prior , whose conduct is very agreeable to me ...
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... letter to Swift , " I have , " says he , " treated Lady Harriot , at Cambridge ( a Fellow of a College treat ! ) and spoke verses to her in a gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , so far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht ...
... letter to Swift , " I have , " says he , " treated Lady Harriot , at Cambridge ( a Fellow of a College treat ! ) and spoke verses to her in a gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , so far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht ...
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... Letters . " Molyneux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that " what raises the hero , often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be said that ...
... Letters . " Molyneux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that " what raises the hero , often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be said that ...
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