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... BUTLER was born in the parish of Strensham * 2 in Worcestershire , according to his biographer , in 16125. This ... Butler's principal friend , says he was an honest farmer with some small estate , who made a shift to educate his ...
... BUTLER was born in the parish of Strensham * 2 in Worcestershire , according to his biographer , in 16125. This ... Butler's principal friend , says he was an honest farmer with some small estate , who made a shift to educate his ...
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... Butler's principles , bestowed on him 20 a monument in Westminster Abbey , thus inscribed : 2 6 Biog . Brit . 1748 ... Butler who can think without just rage , The glory and the scandal of his age ? • Of all his gains by verse he ...
... Butler's principles , bestowed on him 20 a monument in Westminster Abbey , thus inscribed : 2 6 Biog . Brit . 1748 ... Butler who can think without just rage , The glory and the scandal of his age ? • Of all his gains by verse he ...
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... Butler had , and in his old age he supported him . Otherwise he might have been liter- ally starved . All that Butler could do to recompense him was to make him his heir , that is to give him his remains , but in loose papers and in ...
... Butler had , and in his old age he supported him . Otherwise he might have been liter- ally starved . All that Butler could do to recompense him was to make him his heir , that is to give him his remains , but in loose papers and in ...
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