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Page 127
... expected from such a letter , which his relations would print in their own defence , and which would for ever be produced as a full answer to all that he should allege against them ; for he always intended to publish a minute account of ...
... expected from such a letter , which his relations would print in their own defence , and which would for ever be produced as a full answer to all that he should allege against them ; for he always intended to publish a minute account of ...
Page 182
... expected to give Pope information of the seeming injury . Lintot , I believe , did nothing , and Curll did what was expected . That to make them public was the only purpose may be reasonably supposed , because the numbers offered to ...
... expected to give Pope information of the seeming injury . Lintot , I believe , did nothing , and Curll did what was expected . That to make them public was the only purpose may be reasonably supposed , because the numbers offered to ...
Page 321
... expected that , when any of the family went to market , a new book should be brought him , which , when it came , was in fondness carried to bed and laid by him . It is said , that when his request had been neglected , his mother ...
... expected that , when any of the family went to market , a new book should be brought him , which , when it came , was in fondness carried to bed and laid by him . It is said , that when his request had been neglected , his mother ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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