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Page 90
... perhaps uncon sciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as i it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
... perhaps uncon sciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as i it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
Page 266
... perhaps have changed it before , with the like opportunities of instruction . This was then the state of popery ; every artifice was used to shew it in its fairest form ; and it must be owned to be a religion of external appearance ...
... perhaps have changed it before , with the like opportunities of instruction . This was then the state of popery ; every artifice was used to shew it in its fairest form ; and it must be owned to be a religion of external appearance ...
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... perhaps expecting a second revolution , he produced Don Sebastian in 1690 ; and in the next four years four dramas more . In 1693 appeared a new version of Juvenal and Persius . Of Juvenal he translated the first , third , sixth , tenth ...
... perhaps expecting a second revolution , he produced Don Sebastian in 1690 ; and in the next four years four dramas more . In 1693 appeared a new version of Juvenal and Persius . Of Juvenal he translated the first , third , sixth , tenth ...
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