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... died at Wimpole , a seat of the Earl of Oxford , on the eighteenth of September , 1721 , and was buried in West- minster ; where , on a monument for which , as the " last piece of human vanity , " he left five hundred pounds , is ...
... died at Wimpole , a seat of the Earl of Oxford , on the eighteenth of September , 1721 , and was buried in West- minster ; where , on a monument for which , as the " last piece of human vanity , " he left five hundred pounds , is ...
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... Mary conferred upon both those plays the honour of her presence ; and when she died , soon after , Congreve testified his gratitude by a despicable effusion of elegiac pas- toral ; a composition in which all is unnatural , 22 CONGREVE .
... Mary conferred upon both those plays the honour of her presence ; and when she died , soon after , Congreve testified his gratitude by a despicable effusion of elegiac pas- toral ; a composition in which all is unnatural , 22 CONGREVE .
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... died , at his house in Surrey- street , in the Strand , January 29 , 1728-9 . Having lain in state in the Jerusalem Chamber , he was buried in Westminster Abbey , where a monument is erected to his memory by Hen- rietta , Duchess of ...
... died , at his house in Surrey- street , in the Strand , January 29 , 1728-9 . Having lain in state in the Jerusalem Chamber , he was buried in Westminster Abbey , where a monument is erected to his memory by Hen- rietta , Duchess of ...
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... died on the eighth of October , 1729 . BLACKMORE , by the unremitted enmity of the wits , whom he provoked more by his virtue than his dulness , has been exposed to worse treatment than he deserved . His name was so long used to point ...
... died on the eighth of October , 1729 . BLACKMORE , by the unremitted enmity of the wits , whom he provoked more by his virtue than his dulness , has been exposed to worse treatment than he deserved . His name was so long used to point ...
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... . The lady afterwards detained him with her as the auditor of her accompts . He often wandered to London , and amused himself with the con- versation of his friends . He died , in 1730 , at Easthampstead in Berkshire 48 FENTON .
... . The lady afterwards detained him with her as the auditor of her accompts . He often wandered to London , and amused himself with the con- versation of his friends . He died , in 1730 , at Easthampstead in Berkshire 48 FENTON .
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