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... fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or acrimony ; and his firmness was naturally esteemed , as his abilities were reverenced . His security ...
... fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or acrimony ; and his firmness was naturally esteemed , as his abilities were reverenced . His security ...
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... fortune is generally known ; and some passages of his Introduction to The Author to be Let sufficiently show that he did not wholly refrain from such satire as he afterwards thought very unjust when he was exposed to it himself ; for ...
... fortune is generally known ; and some passages of his Introduction to The Author to be Let sufficiently show that he did not wholly refrain from such satire as he afterwards thought very unjust when he was exposed to it himself ; for ...
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... fortune incited , and to trample on that reputation which rose upon any other basis than that of merit : he never admitted any gross familiarities , or submitted to be treated otherwise than as an equal . Once , when he was without ...
... fortune incited , and to trample on that reputation which rose upon any other basis than that of merit : he never admitted any gross familiarities , or submitted to be treated otherwise than as an equal . Once , when he was without ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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