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Page 35
... pleased with the honour ; and when he became acquainted with Gay , found such attractions in his manners and conversation , that he seems to have received him into his inmost confidence ; and a friendship was formed between them which ...
... pleased with the honour ; and when he became acquainted with Gay , found such attractions in his manners and conversation , that he seems to have received him into his inmost confidence ; and a friendship was formed between them which ...
Page 53
... pleased the president , that he told him his former suspicions , and promised to favour him . Among his contemporaries in the college were Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to ...
... pleased the president , that he told him his former suspicions , and promised to favour him . Among his contemporaries in the college were Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to ...
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... pleased the world , to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense ; to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body , in order to get rid of the pains of the mind , is a misery , " etc. - He died July 19 ...
... pleased the world , to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense ; to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body , in order to get rid of the pains of the mind , is a misery , " etc. - He died July 19 ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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