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Page 76
He sent her a letter , but had no answer ; he sent more with the same success . It could be alleged that letters miscarry ; he therefore dispatched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back ...
He sent her a letter , but had no answer ; he sent more with the same success . It could be alleged that letters miscarry ; he therefore dispatched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back ...
Page 155
His father , the third earl of Roscommon , had been converted by Usher to the protestant religion ; and when the popish rebellion broke out , Strafford thinking the family in great danger from the fury of the Irish , sent for his god- ...
His father , the third earl of Roscommon , had been converted by Usher to the protestant religion ; and when the popish rebellion broke out , Strafford thinking the family in great danger from the fury of the Irish , sent for his god- ...
Page 275
In this distress Dr. Garth sent for the corpse to the College of Physicians , and proposed a funeral by subscription , to which himself set a most noble example . At last a day , about three weeks after Mr. Dryden's decease , was ap- ...
In this distress Dr. Garth sent for the corpse to the College of Physicians , and proposed a funeral by subscription , to which himself set a most noble example . At last a day , about three weeks after Mr. Dryden's decease , was ap- ...
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