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Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. should be suspected or seized , more than three could not be endangered . Lord Conway joined in the design , and , as Clarendon imagines , incidentally mingled , as he was a soldier , some ...
Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. should be suspected or seized , more than three could not be endangered . Lord Conway joined in the design , and , as Clarendon imagines , incidentally mingled , as he was a soldier , some ...
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... Lord Conway were committed , one to the custody of the mayor , and the other of the sheriff ; but their lands and goods were not seized . Waller was still to immerse himself deeper in ignominy . The Earl of Portland and Lord Conway ...
... Lord Conway were committed , one to the custody of the mayor , and the other of the sheriff ; but their lands and goods were not seized . Waller was still to immerse himself deeper in ignominy . The Earl of Portland and Lord Conway ...
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... Lords , to tell them , that he ... Lord Portland said , when he came down , ' Do me the favour to tell my Lord Northumberland , that Mr. Waller has extremely pressed me to save my own life and his , by throwing the blame upon the Lord Conway ...
... Lords , to tell them , that he ... Lord Portland said , when he came down , ' Do me the favour to tell my Lord Northumberland , that Mr. Waller has extremely pressed me to save my own life and his , by throwing the blame upon the Lord Conway ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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