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... pounds , with a stipulation to receive five pounds more when thirteen hundred should be sold of the first edition : and again , five pounds after the sale of the same number of the second edition : and another five pounds after the ...
... pounds , with a stipulation to receive five pounds more when thirteen hundred should be sold of the first edition : and again , five pounds after the sale of the same number of the second edition : and another five pounds after the ...
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... pounds a - year ; and had a thousand pounds for his Defence of the People . His widow , who , after his death , retired to Namptwich in Cheshire , and died about 1729 , is said to have reported that he lost two thousand pounds by ...
... pounds a - year ; and had a thousand pounds for his Defence of the People . His widow , who , after his death , retired to Namptwich in Cheshire , and died about 1729 , is said to have reported that he lost two thousand pounds by ...
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... pounds , though Dr Newton brought a large contribution ; and twenty pounds were given by Tonson , * a man who is to be praised as often as he is named . Of this sum one hundred pounds was placed in the stocks , after some debate between ...
... pounds , though Dr Newton brought a large contribution ; and twenty pounds were given by Tonson , * a man who is to be praised as often as he is named . Of this sum one hundred pounds was placed in the stocks , after some debate between ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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