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Page 66
... sent her a letter , but had no answer ; he sent more with the same success . It could be alleged that letters miscarry ; he therefore despatched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back with ...
... sent her a letter , but had no answer ; he sent more with the same success . It could be alleged that letters miscarry ; he therefore despatched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back with ...
Page 133
... sent to Caen , where the Protestants had then an university , and continued his studies under Bochart . Young Dillon , who was sent to study under Bochart , and who is represented as having already made great proficiency in literature ...
... sent to Caen , where the Protestants had then an university , and continued his studies under Bochart . Young Dillon , who was sent to study under Bochart , and who is represented as having already made great proficiency in literature ...
Page 152
... sent him a thousand broad pieces . He continued , however , to sit in the rebellious conventicle ; but " spoke , " says Clarendon , " with great sharpness and freedom , which ( now there were so few there that used it , and there was no ...
... sent him a thousand broad pieces . He continued , however , to sit in the rebellious conventicle ; but " spoke , " says Clarendon , " with great sharpness and freedom , which ( now there were so few there that used it , and there was no ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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