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... thought himself insulted , and sent a message to the Queen , that he was too old for the place . There seem to have been many machinations employed afterwards in his favour ; and diligent court was paid to Mrs Howard , afterwards ...
... thought himself insulted , and sent a message to the Queen , that he was too old for the place . There seem to have been many machinations employed afterwards in his favour ; and diligent court was paid to Mrs Howard , afterwards ...
Page 310
... thought , he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recom- mended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critick without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ...
... thought , he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recom- mended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critick without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ...
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... thought himself too poor to study the law . He therefore retired to Cambridge , where he soon after became Bachelor of Civil Law ; and where , without liking the place or its inhabitants , or professing to like them , he passed , except ...
... thought himself too poor to study the law . He therefore retired to Cambridge , where he soon after became Bachelor of Civil Law ; and where , without liking the place or its inhabitants , or professing to like them , he passed , except ...
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