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... afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that stationed him in Ireland : but after having passed through the usual preparatory studies , as may be reasonably supposed , with great celerity and success , his ...
... afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that stationed him in Ireland : but after having passed through the usual preparatory studies , as may be reasonably supposed , with great celerity and success , his ...
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... afterwards decently retract . With these precautions , in 1732 was published the first part of the Essay on Man . There had been for some time a report that Pope was busy upon a System of Morality ; but this design was not discovered in ...
... afterwards decently retract . With these precautions , in 1732 was published the first part of the Essay on Man . There had been for some time a report that Pope was busy upon a System of Morality ; but this design was not discovered in ...
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... afterwards Lord Cobham . His father purposing to educate him for the Church , sent him first to Eton , and afterwards to Oxford ; but he was seduced to a more airy mode of life , by a commission in a troop of horse procured him by his ...
... afterwards Lord Cobham . His father purposing to educate him for the Church , sent him first to Eton , and afterwards to Oxford ; but he was seduced to a more airy mode of life , by a commission in a troop of horse procured him by his ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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