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ROSCOMMON WENTWORTH DILLON , Earl of Roscommon , was the son of James Dillon and Elizabeth Wentworth , sister to the earl of Strafford . He was born in Ireland , during the lieutenancy of Strafford , who , being both his uncle and his ...
ROSCOMMON WENTWORTH DILLON , Earl of Roscommon , was the son of James Dillon and Elizabeth Wentworth , sister to the earl of Strafford . He was born in Ireland , during the lieutenancy of Strafford , who , being both his uncle and his ...
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I have heard from the late Earl of Orrery , who was likely to have good hereditary intelligence , that Lord Buckhurst had been a week employed upon it , and only retouched or finished it on the memorable evening .
I have heard from the late Earl of Orrery , who was likely to have good hereditary intelligence , that Lord Buckhurst had been a week employed upon it , and only retouched or finished it on the memorable evening .
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SHEFFIELD BUCKINGHAMSHIRE JOHN SHEFFIELD , descended from a long series of illus- trious ancestors , was born in 1649 , the son of Edmund , earl of Mulgrave , who died in 1658. The young lord was put into the hands of a tutor ...
SHEFFIELD BUCKINGHAMSHIRE JOHN SHEFFIELD , descended from a long series of illus- trious ancestors , was born in 1649 , the son of Edmund , earl of Mulgrave , who died in 1658. The young lord was put into the hands of a tutor ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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