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Page 92
... known . Milton would hardly have contended , but that he knew himself to have right on his side . He then removed to Jewin - street , near Aldersgate- street ; and being blind , and by no means wealthy , wanted a domestick companion and ...
... known . Milton would hardly have contended , but that he knew himself to have right on his side . He then removed to Jewin - street , near Aldersgate- street ; and being blind , and by no means wealthy , wanted a domestick companion and ...
Page 171
... known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent ʼn that age for genius and literature ; but known so little o his advantage , that they who read his character will ot much condemn Sacharissa , that she did not descend ...
... known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent ʼn that age for genius and literature ; but known so little o his advantage , that they who read his character will ot much condemn Sacharissa , that she did not descend ...
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... known till he had obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at ...
... known till he had obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at ...
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