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... the royal family through all their diftreffes , " he should chufe " the time of their restoration to begin a " quarrel with them . " It appears , however , C 3 from from the Theatrical Register of Downes the Prompter , to COWL E Y. 21.
... the royal family through all their diftreffes , " he should chufe " the time of their restoration to begin a " quarrel with them . " It appears , however , C 3 from from the Theatrical Register of Downes the Prompter , to COWL E Y. 21.
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... should grow tedious . His retreat was at first but flenderly accommodated ; yet he foon ob- tained , by the intereft of the earl of St. Alban's and the duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the Queen's lands as afforded him an ample ...
... should grow tedious . His retreat was at first but flenderly accommodated ; yet he foon ob- tained , by the intereft of the earl of St. Alban's and the duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the Queen's lands as afforded him an ample ...
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... should call me any thing , should miss . I fum the years and me , and find me not Debtor to th ' old , nor creditor to th ' new , That cannot fay ,, my thanks I have forgot , Nor truft I this with hopes ; and yet scarce true This ...
... should call me any thing , should miss . I fum the years and me , and find me not Debtor to th ' old , nor creditor to th ' new , That cannot fay ,, my thanks I have forgot , Nor truft I this with hopes ; and yet scarce true This ...
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... should hallow'd vestal's facred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These pregnant wombs of heat would fitter be , Than a few embers , for a deity . Had he our pits , the Perfian would admire No fun , but warm's devotion at ...
... should hallow'd vestal's facred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These pregnant wombs of heat would fitter be , Than a few embers , for a deity . Had he our pits , the Perfian would admire No fun , but warm's devotion at ...
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... should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are fuch mixt engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to heaven we raife ; Who prayerless labours , or , without this ...
... should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are fuch mixt engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to heaven we raife ; Who prayerless labours , or , without this ...
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