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... remarkable for inflexible perse- verance in her demand to be treated as a princess , in 1712 took Gay into her service as secretary : by quitting a shop for such service , he might gain leisure , but he certainly advanced little in the ...
... remarkable for inflexible perse- verance in her demand to be treated as a princess , in 1712 took Gay into her service as secretary : by quitting a shop for such service , he might gain leisure , but he certainly advanced little in the ...
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... remarkable that , so near his time , so much should be known of what he has written and so little of what he has said : traditional memory retains no sallies of raillery nor sentences of observation ; nothing either pointed or solid ...
... remarkable that , so near his time , so much should be known of what he has written and so little of what he has said : traditional memory retains no sallies of raillery nor sentences of observation ; nothing either pointed or solid ...
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... remarkable for wearing his grey hair in a particular manner ; for he held that the fashion was no rule of dress , and that every man was to suit his appearance to his natural form . His mind was not very comprehensive , nor his ...
... remarkable for wearing his grey hair in a particular manner ; for he held that the fashion was no rule of dress , and that every man was to suit his appearance to his natural form . His mind was not very comprehensive , nor his ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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