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... Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cypher- ing and decyphering the letters that passed be- tween the King and Queen ; an employment of was his province of ...
... Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cypher- ing and decyphering the letters that passed be- tween the King and Queen ; an employment of was his province of ...
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... Earl of Ar- lington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than ...
... Earl of Ar- lington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than ...
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... Earl of St. Alban's and the Duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his ...
... Earl of St. Alban's and the Duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the Queen's lands as afforded him an ample income . By the lovers of virtue and of wit it will be solicitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his ...
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... earl of Pem- broke . Of the next years of his life there is no ac- count . At the restoration he obtained that which many missed the reward of his loyalty ; being made surveyor of the king's buildings , and dignified with the order of ...
... earl of Pem- broke . Of the next years of his life there is no ac- count . At the restoration he obtained that which many missed the reward of his loyalty ; being made surveyor of the king's buildings , and dignified with the order of ...
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... Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; * but * It has , nevertheless , its foundation in reality . The Earl of Bridgewater being President of Wales in the year 1634 , had his residence at ...
... Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; * but * It has , nevertheless , its foundation in reality . The Earl of Bridgewater being President of Wales in the year 1634 , had his residence at ...
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