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... Sir Robert Walpole , for which he was rewarded by him with twenty guineas , a sum not very large , if either the excellence of the performance , or the affluence of the patron , be considered ; but greater than he afterwards obtained ...
... Sir Robert Walpole , for which he was rewarded by him with twenty guineas , a sum not very large , if either the excellence of the performance , or the affluence of the patron , be considered ; but greater than he afterwards obtained ...
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Samuel Johnson. which he had been hitherto oppressed ; and therefore solicited Sir Robert Walpole in his favour with so much earnestness , that they obtained a promise of the next place that should become vacant , not exceeding 200l . a ...
Samuel Johnson. which he had been hitherto oppressed ; and therefore solicited Sir Robert Walpole in his favour with so much earnestness , that they obtained a promise of the next place that should become vacant , not exceeding 200l . a ...
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... Robert Walpole , he returns to plain panegyric . In 1726 he addressed a poem to Sir Robert Walpole , of which the title sufficiently explains the intention . If Young must be acknowledged a ready celebrator , he did not endeavour , or ...
... Robert Walpole , he returns to plain panegyric . In 1726 he addressed a poem to Sir Robert Walpole , of which the title sufficiently explains the intention . If Young must be acknowledged a ready celebrator , he did not endeavour , or ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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