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... probably not have been lefs carefully fup- preffed , the omiffion of his name in the re- gifter of St. Dunstan's parifh gives reafon to fufpect that his father was a fectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his fon , and ...
... probably not have been lefs carefully fup- preffed , the omiffion of his name in the re- gifter of St. Dunstan's parifh gives reafon to fufpect that his father was a fectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his fon , and ...
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... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , fo as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm refolv'd to fearch for thee ; The fearch ...
... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , fo as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm refolv'd to fearch for thee ; The fearch ...
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... probably concluded , be- caule this truncation is imitated by no fubfe- quent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recita- tion ; because in one the fenfe is now unfi- nished ; and because all ...
... probably concluded , be- caule this truncation is imitated by no fubfe- quent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recita- tion ; because in one the fenfe is now unfi- nished ; and because all ...
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... probably his ode or fong upon the Embaffy to Poland , by which he and lord Crofts pro- cured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch , that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by ...
... probably his ode or fong upon the Embaffy to Poland , by which he and lord Crofts pro- cured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch , that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by ...
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... probably more than common literature , as his fon addreffes him in one of his most ela- borate Latin poems . He married a gentle- woman of the name of Cafton , a Welsh family , by whom he had two fons , John the poet , and Christopher ...
... probably more than common literature , as his fon addreffes him in one of his most ela- borate Latin poems . He married a gentle- woman of the name of Cafton , a Welsh family , by whom he had two fons , John the poet , and Christopher ...
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