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... hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his pro- fperity . We know at leaft , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gra- titude . In the window of his mother's apartment ...
... hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his pro- fperity . We know at leaft , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gra- titude . In the window of his mother's apartment ...
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... hope , or the gloominefs of defpair ; and dreffes his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis fometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and fometimes . in gems lafting as her virtues . At Paris , as fecretary to lord Jermyn , he was engaged in ...
... hope , or the gloominefs of defpair ; and dreffes his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis fometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and fometimes . in gems lafting as her virtues . At Paris , as fecretary to lord Jermyn , he was engaged in ...
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... May , an eminent poet and histo- rian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I , and of whom a life is given in the Biographia Bri- tannica . H. C 2 time time of fuch general hope , that great numbers were COWL E Y. 19.
... May , an eminent poet and histo- rian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I , and of whom a life is given in the Biographia Bri- tannica . H. C 2 time time of fuch general hope , that great numbers were COWL E Y. 19.
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Samuel Johnson. time of fuch general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised , by both Charles the First and Second , the Mastership of the Savoy ...
Samuel Johnson. time of fuch general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised , by both Charles the First and Second , the Mastership of the Savoy ...
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... hope to recover my " late hurt fo farre within five or fix days ( though it be uncertain yet whether I shall ever recover it ) as to walk about again . " And then , methinks , you and I and the 2 " Dean " Dean might be very merry upon S ...
... hope to recover my " late hurt fo farre within five or fix days ( though it be uncertain yet whether I shall ever recover it ) as to walk about again . " And then , methinks , you and I and the 2 " Dean " Dean might be very merry upon S ...
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