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... afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in fuch correspon- dence as the royal caufe required , and parti- cularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that paffed between the King and Queen ; an employment of the highest ...
... afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in fuch correspon- dence as the royal caufe required , and parti- cularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that paffed between the King and Queen ; an employment of the highest ...
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... afterwards Earl of Ar- Jington , from April to December in 1650 , are preferved in " Mifcellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things ...
... afterwards Earl of Ar- Jington , from April to December in 1650 , are preferved in " Mifcellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things ...
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... him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war fhall ceafe , On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Some years afterwards , 99 business , ” fays Sprat 4 Nor 12 COWLEY .
... him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war fhall ceafe , On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Some years afterwards , 99 business , ” fays Sprat 4 Nor 12 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , 99 business , ” fays Sprat , " paffed of courfe into other hands ; " Nor let him then enjoy fupreme command , But fall untimely by fome hoftile hand , And lie unbury'd on the barren sand . Lord ...
Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , 99 business , ” fays Sprat , " paffed of courfe into other hands ; " Nor let him then enjoy fupreme command , But fall untimely by fome hoftile hand , And lie unbury'd on the barren sand . Lord ...
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... afterwards cen- fured as a fatire on the king's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that , when they told Cowley how little * 1663 • + Here is an error in the defignation of ...
... afterwards cen- fured as a fatire on the king's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that , when they told Cowley how little * 1663 • + Here is an error in the defignation of ...
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