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Waller had little to expect : he had received nothing but his pardon from Cromwell , and was not likely to ask any thing from those who should succeed him . Soon afterwards the Restauration supplied him with another subject ; and he ...
Waller had little to expect : he had received nothing but his pardon from Cromwell , and was not likely to ask any thing from those who should succeed him . Soon afterwards the Restauration supplied him with another subject ; and he ...
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Received then of Mr. Jacob Tonson the sum of two hundred sixty - eight pounds fifteen shillings , in pursuance of an agreement for ten thousand verses , to be delivered by me to the said Jacob Tonson , whereof I have already delivered ...
Received then of Mr. Jacob Tonson the sum of two hundred sixty - eight pounds fifteen shillings , in pursuance of an agreement for ten thousand verses , to be delivered by me to the said Jacob Tonson , whereof I have already delivered ...
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At twenty - five he produced The Ambitious Stepmother , which was received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name ...
At twenty - five he produced The Ambitious Stepmother , which was received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name ...
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