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... known ; nor is there any part of that little which his biographer can take pleasure in relating . He was born at Trottin in Sussex , March 3 , 1651 , the son of Mr. Humphry Otway , rector of Woolbedding . From Winchester - school ...
... known ; nor is there any part of that little which his biographer can take pleasure in relating . He was born at Trottin in Sussex , March 3 , 1651 , the son of Mr. Humphry Otway , rector of Woolbedding . From Winchester - school ...
Page 171
... known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent in that age for genius and literature ; but known so little to his advantage , that they who read his character will not much condemn Sacharissa , that she did not descend ...
... known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent in that age for genius and literature ; but known so little to his advantage , that they who read his character will not much condemn Sacharissa , that she did not descend ...
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... known till he had obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at ...
... known till he had obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at ...
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