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... 56 BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER
149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS 193 WALSH 205
DRYDEN 207 SMITH 304 DUKE 322 KING 323 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 .
... 56 BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER
149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS 193 WALSH 205
DRYDEN 207 SMITH 304 DUKE 322 KING 323 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 .
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... attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a
lustre on all to whom it was extended . ... as the royal cause required , and
particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the
King and ...
... attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a
lustre on all to whom it was extended . ... as the royal cause required , and
particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the
King and ...
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letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employment of the highest
confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for
several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . In the year
...
letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employment of the highest
confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for
several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . In the year
...
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The Scotch will moderate something of the rigour of their demands ; the mutual
necessity of an accord is visible , the King is persuaded of it . And to tell you the
truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told the same
...
The Scotch will moderate something of the rigour of their demands ; the mutual
necessity of an accord is visible , the King is persuaded of it . And to tell you the
truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told the same
...
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He continued , ” says his biographer , " under these bonds till the general
deliverance ; " it is therefore to be supposed , that he did not go to France , and
act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not shew
his ...
He continued , ” says his biographer , " under these bonds till the general
deliverance ; " it is therefore to be supposed , that he did not go to France , and
act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not shew
his ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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