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Page 172
... lord Jefferies , son of the lord chancellor Jefferies , with some of his rakish companions coming by , asked whose funeral it was : and being told Mr Dryden's , he said , " What , shall Dryden , the greatest honour and ornament of the ...
... lord Jefferies , son of the lord chancellor Jefferies , with some of his rakish companions coming by , asked whose funeral it was : and being told Mr Dryden's , he said , " What , shall Dryden , the greatest honour and ornament of the ...
Page 173
... lord Jefferies up to the lady's bedside , who was then sick ; he repeated the purport of what he had before said ; but she absolutely refusing , he fell on his knees , vowing never to rise till his request was granted . The rest of the ...
... lord Jefferies up to the lady's bedside , who was then sick ; he repeated the purport of what he had before said ; but she absolutely refusing , he fell on his knees , vowing never to rise till his request was granted . The rest of the ...
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... Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste than really possessed of it . - When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the Iliad , that Lord desired to have the pleasure of hearing them read at his house ...
... Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste than really possessed of it . - When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the Iliad , that Lord desired to have the pleasure of hearing them read at his house ...
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Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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