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... discovered his birth , had an incessant desire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in public , and re- fused him admission into her house . One evening walking , as it was his custom , in the street that she inhabited , he ...
... discovered his birth , had an incessant desire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in public , and re- fused him admission into her house . One evening walking , as it was his custom , in the street that she inhabited , he ...
Page 249
... discovered the correspondence between the two lovers , and finding the young lady deter- mined to abide by her own choice , he supposed that separation might do what can rarely be done by ar- guments , and sent her into a foreign ...
... discovered the correspondence between the two lovers , and finding the young lady deter- mined to abide by her own choice , he supposed that separation might do what can rarely be done by ar- guments , and sent her into a foreign ...
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... discovered by a trick that he was a spy for the Court , and never considered him as a man worthy of confidence . He soon afterwards ( 1727 ) joined with Swift , who was then in England , to published three volumes of Miscellanies , in ...
... discovered by a trick that he was a spy for the Court , and never considered him as a man worthy of confidence . He soon afterwards ( 1727 ) joined with Swift , who was then in England , to published three volumes of Miscellanies , in ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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