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... letters to Mr. Bennett , 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 ...
... letters to Mr. Bennett , 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 ...
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... canonical or civil , raised his indignation . His unwillingness to engage in the ministry , perhaps not yet advanced to a settled resolution of declining it , appears in a letter to one of his friends , who had MILTON . 59.
... canonical or civil , raised his indignation . His unwillingness to engage in the ministry , perhaps not yet advanced to a settled resolution of declining it , appears in a letter to one of his friends , who had MILTON . 59.
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Samuel Johnson. a letter to one of his friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity , and fantastic luxury of various know- ledge . To this he writes a cool and ...
Samuel Johnson. a letter to one of his friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity , and fantastic luxury of various know- ledge . To this he writes a cool and ...
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... 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 with some ...
... 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 with some ...
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... letter to Hartlib , had declared , that " to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , " required that Elwood should learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was ne- cessary , if he ...
... letter to Hartlib , had declared , that " to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , " required that Elwood should learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was ne- cessary , if he ...
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