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... Earl of Rosebery , who at once consented to buy the whole collection . The Clarendon Press were the publishers . In the Preface he shows us the principle which guided all his editing . ' In my notes , ' he writes , ' my aim has been not ...
... Earl of Rosebery , who at once consented to buy the whole collection . The Clarendon Press were the publishers . In the Preface he shows us the principle which guided all his editing . ' In my notes , ' he writes , ' my aim has been not ...
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... Earl of Leicester's request , he declared he had no taste of him . ' Dryden's Works , xi . 232 . 5'Every age has a kind of universal genius which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies . ' DRYDEN , ib . xv . 293 . ' I ...
... Earl of Leicester's request , he declared he had no taste of him . ' Dryden's Works , xi . 232 . 5'Every age has a kind of universal genius which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies . ' DRYDEN , ib . xv . 293 . ' I ...
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... Earl of St. Albans 3 , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest confidence ...
... Earl of St. Albans 3 , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest confidence ...
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... Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are preserved in Miscellanea Aulica , a collection of papers published by Brown 3. These letters , being written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than words ...
... Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are preserved in Miscellanea Aulica , a collection of papers published by Brown 3. These letters , being written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than words ...
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... Earl of St. Albans designed to be master of the Savoy ; which , though granted to his merit by both the Charles's 1 and 2 , yet by certain persons , enemies to the Muses , he lost that place . ' WOOD , Fasti Oxon . ii . 210 ...
... Earl of St. Albans designed to be master of the Savoy ; which , though granted to his merit by both the Charles's 1 and 2 , yet by certain persons , enemies to the Muses , he lost that place . ' WOOD , Fasti Oxon . ii . 210 ...
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