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... known the Author either by conjecture or intelli- gence . The tories , who were now in power , were in haste to end the war ; and Prior , being recalled ( 1710 ) to his former employment of making trea- ties , was sent ( July , 1711 ) ...
... known the Author either by conjecture or intelli- gence . The tories , who were now in power , were in haste to end the war ; and Prior , being recalled ( 1710 ) to his former employment of making trea- ties , was sent ( July , 1711 ) ...
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... known and esteemed , he was encouraged to add other poems to those which he had printed , and to publish them by subscrip tion . The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of ...
... known and esteemed , he was encouraged to add other poems to those which he had printed , and to publish them by subscrip tion . The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of ...
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... known . He was not afraid of provoking censure ; for , when he forsook the whigs , under whose patronage he first entered the world , he became a tory so ardent and deter- minate , that he did not willingly consort with men of different ...
... known . He was not afraid of provoking censure ; for , when he forsook the whigs , under whose patronage he first entered the world , he became a tory so ardent and deter- minate , that he did not willingly consort with men of different ...
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... known or read , though once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : De Sacerdote Furem consolunte . Quidam sacrificus furem comitatus euntem Huc ubi dat sontes carnificina neci , Ne sis męstus , ait ; summi conviva Tonantis Jam cum ...
... known or read , though once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : De Sacerdote Furem consolunte . Quidam sacrificus furem comitatus euntem Huc ubi dat sontes carnificina neci , Ne sis męstus , ait ; summi conviva Tonantis Jam cum ...
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... known : if the inscription upon his monu ment be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by himself , that he owed his nativity to England , and by every body else , that he was born in Ireland . Southern mentioned him ...
... known : if the inscription upon his monu ment be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by himself , that he owed his nativity to England , and by every body else , that he was born in Ireland . Southern mentioned him ...
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