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Page 56
... publick would now make him happy . But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much disquiet , as for a time dis- ordered his understanding ; and Butler lampooned him for his lunacy . I know not ...
... publick would now make him happy . But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much disquiet , as for a time dis- ordered his understanding ; and Butler lampooned him for his lunacy . I know not ...
Page 100
... publick acclamations , is readily con- fessed . Wit and literature were on the side of the Court : and who that solicited favour or fashion would venture to praise the defender of the regicides ? All that he him- self could think his ...
... publick acclamations , is readily con- fessed . Wit and literature were on the side of the Court : and who that solicited favour or fashion would venture to praise the defender of the regicides ? All that he him- self could think his ...
Page 374
... publick in commotion , he honestly appeared among the friends of the church . He lived to his seventy - ninth year , and died May 20 , 1713 . Burnet is not very favourable to his memory ; but he and Burnet were old rivals . On some publick ...
... publick in commotion , he honestly appeared among the friends of the church . He lived to his seventy - ninth year , and died May 20 , 1713 . Burnet is not very favourable to his memory ; but he and Burnet were old rivals . On some publick ...
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