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... Charles Joseph Faulk- ner ' , ' the pleasantest of companions as he was always the truest of friends , ' who was the third member in the art firm of Morris , Marshall , Faulkner & Co. ( now Morris & Co. ) , Birkbeck Hill kept in touch ...
... Charles Joseph Faulk- ner ' , ' the pleasantest of companions as he was always the truest of friends , ' who was the third member in the art firm of Morris , Marshall , Faulkner & Co. ( now Morris & Co. ) , Birkbeck Hill kept in touch ...
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... [ Charles II ] , in his twelfth year , visited Cambridge . A letter- writer tells how he went to Trinity College , where , after dinner , he saw a comedy in English , and gave all sighnes of great acceptance which he could , and more than ...
... [ Charles II ] , in his twelfth year , visited Cambridge . A letter- writer tells how he went to Trinity College , where , after dinner , he saw a comedy in English , and gave all sighnes of great acceptance which he could , and more than ...
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... Charles I and Falkland thus turning up in the Bod- leian , as it was reported , the Aeneid , iv . 615 ; xi . 152 see Johnson's Works , vii . 6n . See also Diary of Dr. Edward Lake , under Jan. 29 , 1677–8 , quoted by Cunningham , Lives ...
... Charles I and Falkland thus turning up in the Bod- leian , as it was reported , the Aeneid , iv . 615 ; xi . 152 see Johnson's Works , vii . 6n . See also Diary of Dr. Edward Lake , under Jan. 29 , 1677–8 , quoted by Cunningham , Lives ...
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... Charles's 1 and 2 , yet by certain persons , enemies to the Muses , he lost that place . ' WOOD , Fasti Oxon . ii . 210 . [ According to a statement of Cowley's case ( Cal . State Papers Dom . 1661-2 , p . 210 ) both Charles I and Charles ...
... Charles's 1 and 2 , yet by certain persons , enemies to the Muses , he lost that place . ' WOOD , Fasti Oxon . ii . 210 . [ According to a statement of Cowley's case ( Cal . State Papers Dom . 1661-2 , p . 210 ) both Charles I and Charles ...
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... Charles pronounced ' That Mr. Cowley had not left ( a new misfortune to me ) as would have spoiled the happiness of an emperor as well as mine . ' Ib . ix . 125 . In his Essay Of Agriculture he asserted that ' the means of improv- ing ...
... Charles pronounced ' That Mr. Cowley had not left ( a new misfortune to me ) as would have spoiled the happiness of an emperor as well as mine . ' Ib . ix . 125 . In his Essay Of Agriculture he asserted that ' the means of improv- ing ...
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