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... 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 between the King and Queen ; an 1 * COWLEY . 3.
... 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 between the King and Queen ; an 1 * COWLEY . 3.
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... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things ...
... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things ...
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... afterwards to Chertsey , in Surry . He seems , however , to have lost part of his dread of the hum of men . He thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking ...
... afterwards to Chertsey , in Surry . He seems , however , to have lost part of his dread of the hum of men . He thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking ...
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... afterwards , his father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . 66 In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered as a dreaming young ...
... afterwards , his father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . 66 In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered as a dreaming young ...
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... afterwards employed in carrying on the King's correspondence ; and , as he says , discharged this office with great safety to the royalists : and , being accidentally dis- covered by the adverse party's knowledge of Mr. Cowley's hand ...
... afterwards employed in carrying on the King's correspondence ; and , as he says , discharged this office with great safety to the royalists : and , being accidentally dis- covered by the adverse party's knowledge of Mr. Cowley's hand ...
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