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... likewise , by this wretched bubble , had been just nominated , with a view to the retrieval of his affairs , governor of Jamaica . This noble- man generously offered to take Mr. Budgell with him as his secretary , to treat him as his ...
... likewise , by this wretched bubble , had been just nominated , with a view to the retrieval of his affairs , governor of Jamaica . This noble- man generously offered to take Mr. Budgell with him as his secretary , to treat him as his ...
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... likewise , on Modesty and Assurance ; * on Friendship ; † on the best mode of Attaining and Securing Hap- piness , and on Infidelity and Atheism , § are com- positions alike elegant and useful ; and we have only to lament that he should ...
... likewise , on Modesty and Assurance ; * on Friendship ; † on the best mode of Attaining and Securing Hap- piness , and on Infidelity and Atheism , § are com- positions alike elegant and useful ; and we have only to lament that he should ...
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... likewise , in being placed under the tuition of Mr. Thomas Rowe , a dissenting minister ; a man of considerable taste and learning , and who had at this time under his care the celebrated Dr. Watts , and Mr. Samuel Say , both men of ...
... likewise , in being placed under the tuition of Mr. Thomas Rowe , a dissenting minister ; a man of considerable taste and learning , and who had at this time under his care the celebrated Dr. Watts , and Mr. Samuel Say , both men of ...
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... likewise , a few years anterior , produced a masque called Apollo and Daphne ; " of which , " says Johnson , " the success was very earnestly promoted by Steele , who , when the rage of party did not misguide him , seems to have been a ...
... likewise , a few years anterior , produced a masque called Apollo and Daphne ; " of which , " says Johnson , " the success was very earnestly promoted by Steele , who , when the rage of party did not misguide him , seems to have been a ...
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... likewise presented him to the Earl of Peterborough , and mentioned him with such encomia , that when this nobleman was appointed Embassador to the King of Sicily , and the Italian States , in November , 1713 , he se- lected Mr. Berkeley ...
... likewise presented him to the Earl of Peterborough , and mentioned him with such encomia , that when this nobleman was appointed Embassador to the King of Sicily , and the Italian States , in November , 1713 , he se- lected Mr. Berkeley ...
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