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... WILLIAM CONGREVE by Sir Godfrey Kneller 256 ( National Portrait Gallery ) JOHN GAY after W. Aikman 264 ( Radio Times Hulton Picture Library ) ALEXANDER POPE attributed to W. Hoare 273 ( National Portrait Gallery ) JAMES THOMSON by J ...
... WILLIAM CONGREVE by Sir Godfrey Kneller 256 ( National Portrait Gallery ) JOHN GAY after W. Aikman 264 ( Radio Times Hulton Picture Library ) ALEXANDER POPE attributed to W. Hoare 273 ( National Portrait Gallery ) JAMES THOMSON by J ...
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... in those times the common reward of loyalty ; he lived and died neglected . * Spence's memorials , see the footnote to the ' Author's Advertisement ' . CONGREVE WILLIAM CONGREVE DESCENDED FROM A FAMILY IN Staffordshire , OTWAY 249.
... in those times the common reward of loyalty ; he lived and died neglected . * Spence's memorials , see the footnote to the ' Author's Advertisement ' . CONGREVE WILLIAM CONGREVE DESCENDED FROM A FAMILY IN Staffordshire , OTWAY 249.
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Samuel Johnson Robert Montagu. CONGREVE WILLIAM CONGREVE DESCENDED FROM A FAMILY IN Staffordshire , of so great antiquity that it claims a place among the few that extend their line beyond the Norman Conquest ; and was the son of William ...
Samuel Johnson Robert Montagu. CONGREVE WILLIAM CONGREVE DESCENDED FROM A FAMILY IN Staffordshire , of so great antiquity that it claims a place among the few that extend their line beyond the Norman Conquest ; and was the son of William ...
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