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... pounds , is engraven this epitaph : Sui Temporis Historiam meditanti Paulatim obrepens Febris Operi simul & Vitæ filum abrupit , Sept. 18. An . Dom . 1721. Etat . 57 . H. S. E. Vir Eximius , Serenissimis Regi GULIELMO Reginæque PRIOR . 9.
... pounds , is engraven this epitaph : Sui Temporis Historiam meditanti Paulatim obrepens Febris Operi simul & Vitæ filum abrupit , Sept. 18. An . Dom . 1721. Etat . 57 . H. S. E. Vir Eximius , Serenissimis Regi GULIELMO Reginæque PRIOR . 9.
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... pounds a year . Congreve's con- versation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some con- sideration . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes ...
... pounds a year . Congreve's con- versation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some con- sideration . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes ...
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... pounds a year . His honours were yet far greater than his profits . Every writer mentioned him with respect ; and , among other testi- monies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his Mis- cellany , and Pope inscribed to him his ...
... pounds a year . His honours were yet far greater than his profits . Every writer mentioned him with respect ; and , among other testi- monies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his Mis- cellany , and Pope inscribed to him his ...
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... pounds , with which he discharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court . Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of versifi- cation . " Mariamne " is written in lines of ten syllables , with few of those redundant ...
... pounds , with which he discharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court . Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of versifi- cation . " Mariamne " is written in lines of ten syllables , with few of those redundant ...
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... pounds ; and called his friends to a consultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of Lord Oxford , advised him to intrust it to the funds , and live upon the interest ; Arbuthnot bade him to intrust it to ...
... pounds ; and called his friends to a consultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of Lord Oxford , advised him to intrust it to the funds , and live upon the interest ; Arbuthnot bade him to intrust it to ...
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