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... Lord Chester- field during his refidence at the Hague ; but , as his lordship was ufed to tell him , precluded all hope of preferment by the want of a vice , namely , hypocrify . It was fuppofed that the parfon in Hogarth's modern ...
... Lord Chester- field during his refidence at the Hague ; but , as his lordship was ufed to tell him , precluded all hope of preferment by the want of a vice , namely , hypocrify . It was fuppofed that the parfon in Hogarth's modern ...
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... lord chief justice Saunders , as exhibited in the life of the lord keeper Guilford , Page 213 . • ་ He was at first no better than a poor beggar boy , if not a parish foundling , without known parents or relations . He had found a way ...
... lord chief justice Saunders , as exhibited in the life of the lord keeper Guilford , Page 213 . • ་ He was at first no better than a poor beggar boy , if not a parish foundling , without known parents or relations . He had found a way ...
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... lord mayor of Lon- don in 1586 , the upper mafter whereof was the reve- rend Anthony Blackwall , the author of a well - known book on the facred claffics . The patron of this femi- nary was Sir Wolftan Dixie , baronet , a defcendant of ...
... lord mayor of Lon- don in 1586 , the upper mafter whereof was the reve- rend Anthony Blackwall , the author of a well - known book on the facred claffics . The patron of this femi- nary was Sir Wolftan Dixie , baronet , a defcendant of ...
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... fchool requiring , that the perfon chofen fhould be a Master of Arts , his application was checked . To get over this difficulty , he found means to to obtain from the late Lord Gower , a letter DR . SAMUEL JOHNSO N. 55.
... fchool requiring , that the perfon chofen fhould be a Master of Arts , his application was checked . To get over this difficulty , he found means to to obtain from the late Lord Gower , a letter DR . SAMUEL JOHNSO N. 55.
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John Hawkins. to obtain from the late Lord Gower , a letter to a friend of his , foliciting his intereft with Dean Swift to- wards procuring him a master's degree from the univer- fity of Dublin : the letter has ... Lord Gower, a letter ...
John Hawkins. to obtain from the late Lord Gower , a letter to a friend of his , foliciting his intereft with Dean Swift to- wards procuring him a master's degree from the univer- fity of Dublin : the letter has ... Lord Gower, a letter ...
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