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Page 82
... regard to the violence with which he endeavoured to escape , he declared that it was not his design to fly from justice , or decline a trial , but to avoid the expenses and severities of a prison ; and that he intended to have appeared ...
... regard to the violence with which he endeavoured to escape , he declared that it was not his design to fly from justice , or decline a trial , but to avoid the expenses and severities of a prison ; and that he intended to have appeared ...
Page 112
... regard in an Epistle upon Authors , which he wrote about that time ; but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments have appeared , inserted by him in the Magazine after his retirement . To despair was not , however ...
... regard in an Epistle upon Authors , which he wrote about that time ; but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments have appeared , inserted by him in the Magazine after his retirement . To despair was not , however ...
Page 170
... regard to the subscription demanded , and that the Tories never put him under the necessity of asking leave to be grateful . " But , " says he , " as Mr. Addison must be the judge in what regards himself , and has seemed to be no very ...
... regard to the subscription demanded , and that the Tories never put him under the necessity of asking leave to be grateful . " But , " says he , " as Mr. Addison must be the judge in what regards himself , and has seemed to be no very ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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