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... friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply ... friends among the abettors of usurpation . A doctor of physic , however , he was made at Oxford , in December , 1657 ...
... friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply ... friends among the abettors of usurpation . A doctor of physic , however , he was made at Oxford , in December , 1657 ...
Page 287
... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
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... friends . " When he had just got to be easy in his fortune , and was in a fair way to make it better , death swept him away , and in him deprived the world of one of the best men , as well as one of the best geniuses , of the age . He ...
... friends . " When he had just got to be easy in his fortune , and was in a fair way to make it better , death swept him away , and in him deprived the world of one of the best men , as well as one of the best geniuses , of the age . He ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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