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Page 71
... died at the Spa , September 3 , 1653 ; and , as controvertists are commonly said to be killed by their last dispute , Milton was flattered with the credit of destroying him . Cromwell had now dismissed the Parliament by the authority of ...
... died at the Spa , September 3 , 1653 ; and , as controvertists are commonly said to be killed by their last dispute , Milton was flattered with the credit of destroying him . Cromwell had now dismissed the Parliament by the authority of ...
Page 147
... died young , and a daughter , who was afterwards married to Mr. Dormer of Oxfordshire , she died in childbed , and left him a widower of about five - and - twenty , gay and wealthy , to please himself with another marriage . Being too ...
... died young , and a daughter , who was afterwards married to Mr. Dormer of Oxfordshire , she died in childbed , and left him a widower of about five - and - twenty , gay and wealthy , to please himself with another marriage . Being too ...
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... died like a Christian and a philosopher , in charity with all mankind , and with an absolute resignation to the will of God . He kept up his good - humour to the last , and took leave of his wife and friends , immediately before his ...
... died like a Christian and a philosopher , in charity with all mankind , and with an absolute resignation to the will of God . He kept up his good - humour to the last , and took leave of his wife and friends , immediately before his ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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