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Page 172
... Charles Dryden her son , that , if they would give him leave to bury Mr Dryden , he would inter him with a gentleman's private funeral , and after- wards bestow five hundred pounds on a monument in the Abbey ; which , as they had no ...
... Charles Dryden her son , that , if they would give him leave to bury Mr Dryden , he would inter him with a gentleman's private funeral , and after- wards bestow five hundred pounds on a monument in the Abbey ; which , as they had no ...
Page 173
... Charles Dryden waited on the lord Halifax and the bishop , to excuse his mother and himself , by relating the real truth . But neither his lordship nor the bishop would admit of any plea ; especially the latter , who had the Abbey ...
... Charles Dryden waited on the lord Halifax and the bishop , to excuse his mother and himself , by relating the real truth . But neither his lordship nor the bishop would admit of any plea ; especially the latter , who had the Abbey ...
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... Dryden's decease , was appointed for the interment : Dr Garth pronounced a fine Latin oration , at the College , over the corpse ; which was attended to the Abbey by a numerous train of coaches . When the funeral was over , Mr Charles ...
... Dryden's decease , was appointed for the interment : Dr Garth pronounced a fine Latin oration , at the College , over the corpse ; which was attended to the Abbey by a numerous train of coaches . When the funeral was over , Mr Charles ...
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