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... Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten ...
... Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten ...
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... Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed ...
... Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed ...
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Samuel Johnson. letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment 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 ...
Samuel Johnson. letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment 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 ...
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... Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his letters accidentally preserved by Peck , which I recommend to the ...
... Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his letters accidentally preserved by Peck , which I recommend to the ...
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... queen , thy travelling throne , And bid it to put on ; For long though cheerful is the way , And life , alas ! allows but one ill winter's day . In the same ode , celebrating the power of the Muse , he gives her prescience , or , in ...
... queen , thy travelling throne , And bid it to put on ; For long though cheerful is the way , And life , alas ! allows but one ill winter's day . In the same ode , celebrating the power of the Muse , he gives her prescience , or , in ...
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