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Samuel Johnson Robert Montagu. bishop of Rochester's favour , nor of the lord Halifax's generous design ( they both having , out of respect to the family , enjoined the lady Elizabeth and her son to keep their favour concealed to the ...
Samuel Johnson Robert Montagu. bishop of Rochester's favour , nor of the lord Halifax's generous design ( they both having , out of respect to the family , enjoined the lady Elizabeth and her son to keep their favour concealed to the ...
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... Favour is not always gained by good actions or laudable qualities . Caresses and preferments are often bestowed on the auxiliaries of vice , the procurers of pleasure , or the flatterers of vanity . Dryden has never been charged with ...
... Favour is not always gained by good actions or laudable qualities . Caresses and preferments are often bestowed on the auxiliaries of vice , the procurers of pleasure , or the flatterers of vanity . Dryden has never been charged with ...
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... favour . A violent outcry was therefore raised against the ingratitude and treachery of Pope , who was said to have been indebted to the patronage of Chandos for a present of a thousand pounds , and who gained the opportunity of ...
... favour . A violent outcry was therefore raised against the ingratitude and treachery of Pope , who was said to have been indebted to the patronage of Chandos for a present of a thousand pounds , and who gained the opportunity of ...
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