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... was begun at Prior's house , where the Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( September 20 , 1711 ) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance of Prior appears from the mention made of him by PRIOR . 5.
... was begun at Prior's house , where the Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( September 20 , 1711 ) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance of Prior appears from the mention made of him by PRIOR . 5.
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Samuel Johnson. of Prior appears from the mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to ...
Samuel Johnson. of Prior appears from the mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords were of the same opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to ...
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... mention of Mars and Bellona , and his comparison of Marlborough to the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter , are all puerile and unaffecting ; and yet more despicable is the long tale told by Lewis in his despair , of Brute and ...
... mention of Mars and Bellona , and his comparison of Marlborough to the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter , are all puerile and unaffecting ; and yet more despicable is the long tale told by Lewis in his despair , of Brute and ...
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... mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much regarded . Yet the ...
... mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much regarded . Yet the ...
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... mentioned him , with sharp censure , as a man that meanly disowned his native country . The bio- graphers assign his nativity to Bardsa , near Leeds , in York- shire , from the account given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To ...
... mentioned him , with sharp censure , as a man that meanly disowned his native country . The bio- graphers assign his nativity to Bardsa , near Leeds , in York- shire , from the account given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To ...
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