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... Ireland , and Eleanor , daughter of Sir Garrat Moore , of Mellefont . Two years afterwards his father , being made one of the Barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London ...
... Ireland , and Eleanor , daughter of Sir Garrat Moore , of Mellefont . Two years afterwards his father , being made one of the Barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London ...
Page 102
... Ireland , Addison attended him as his Secretary ; and was made Keeper of the Records in Birmingham's Tower with a salary of three hundred pounds a year . The office was little more than nominal , and the salary was augmented for his ...
... Ireland , Addison attended him as his Secretary ; and was made Keeper of the Records in Birmingham's Tower with a salary of three hundred pounds a year . The office was little more than nominal , and the salary was augmented for his ...
Page 126
... Ireland as Secretary to the Lord Sun- derland , took him thither , and employed him in public business , and when afterwards ( 1717 ) he rose to be Secretary of State made him Under- Secretary . Their friendship seems to have con ...
... Ireland as Secretary to the Lord Sun- derland , took him thither , and employed him in public business , and when afterwards ( 1717 ) he rose to be Secretary of State made him Under- Secretary . Their friendship seems to have con ...
Page 127
... Ireland . - Wherever he was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that stationed him in Ireland ; but after having passed through the usual preparatory studies ...
... Ireland . - Wherever he was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that stationed him in Ireland ; but after having passed through the usual preparatory studies ...
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... Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift . Temple was so pleased with the nephew of his father's friend that he detained him two years in his house . Here he became known to King William , who sometimes ...
... Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift . Temple was so pleased with the nephew of his father's friend that he detained him two years in his house . Here he became known to King William , who sometimes ...
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