Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 142
... Duke of Buckingham , when he was Chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer , who yet allows the Duke to have been his frequent bene- factor . That both these accounts are false there is reason to suspect , from a ...
... Duke of Buckingham , when he was Chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer , who yet allows the Duke to have been his frequent bene- factor . That both these accounts are false there is reason to suspect , from a ...
Page 163
... Duke of Ormond , with great importunity prevailed with his grace , that he might resign his post of captain of the guards to his friend ; which for about three years the gentleman enjoyed , and , upon his death , the duke returned the ...
... Duke of Ormond , with great importunity prevailed with his grace , that he might resign his post of captain of the guards to his friend ; which for about three years the gentleman enjoyed , and , upon his death , the duke returned the ...
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Samuel Johnson. DUKE OF Mr. RICHARD DUKE I can find few memorials . He was bred at Westminster and Cambridge ; and Jacob relates , that he was some time tutor to the duke of Richmond . He appears from his writings to have been not ill ...
Samuel Johnson. DUKE OF Mr. RICHARD DUKE I can find few memorials . He was bred at Westminster and Cambridge ; and Jacob relates , that he was some time tutor to the duke of Richmond . He appears from his writings to have been not ill ...
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