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... obtained a licence for its admission into public worship ; but no admission has it yet obtained , nor has it any right to come where Brady and Tate have got possession . Blackmore's name must be added to those of many others who , by ...
... obtained a licence for its admission into public worship ; but no admission has it yet obtained , nor has it any right to come where Brady and Tate have got possession . Blackmore's name must be added to those of many others who , by ...
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... obtained , his imagination seems to have been too full ; it would be hard to find a man , so well entitled to notice by his wit , that ever delighted so much in talking of his money . In his letters and in his poems , his garden and his ...
... obtained , his imagination seems to have been too full ; it would be hard to find a man , so well entitled to notice by his wit , that ever delighted so much in talking of his money . In his letters and in his poems , his garden and his ...
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... obtained the prebend of Kilroot in Connor , of about a hundred pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift so necessary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English preferment in ...
... obtained the prebend of Kilroot in Connor , of about a hundred pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift so necessary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English preferment in ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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