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... lord Roscommon , being a boy of ten years of age at Caen in Normandy , one day was , as it were , madly extravagant in playing , leaping , getting over the tables boards , & c . He was wont to be sober enough ; they said God grant this ...
... lord Roscommon , being a boy of ten years of age at Caen in Normandy , one day was , as it were , madly extravagant in playing , leaping , getting over the tables boards , & c . He was wont to be sober enough ; they said God grant this ...
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... Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . ' Lord Roscommon , ' says she , ' is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a Psalm admirably , and a scene of Pastor Fido very finely , in some ...
... Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . ' Lord Roscommon , ' says she , ' is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a Psalm admirably , and a scene of Pastor Fido very finely , in some ...
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... Lord Roscommon gave them a prologue , and Sir Edward Dering an Epilogue ; ' which , ' says she , ' are the best performances of those kinds I ever saw . ' If this is not criticism , it is at least gratitude . The thought of bringing ...
... Lord Roscommon gave them a prologue , and Sir Edward Dering an Epilogue ; ' which , ' says she , ' are the best performances of those kinds I ever saw . ' If this is not criticism , it is at least gratitude . The thought of bringing ...
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