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... letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are pre- served in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whos ...
... letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are pre- served in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whos ...
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... letter to one of his friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity and fantastic luxury of various knowledge . To this he writes a cool and plausible answer , in ...
... letter to one of his friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity and fantastic luxury of various knowledge . To this he writes a cool and plausible answer , in ...
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... letter , but had no answer ; he sent more with the same success . It could be alledged that letters miscarry ; he therefore dis- patched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back with some ...
... letter , but had no answer ; he sent more with the same success . It could be alledged that letters miscarry ; he therefore dis- patched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back with some ...
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... letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , required that Elwood should learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if he would ...
... letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , required that Elwood should learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if he would ...
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... letter to Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . 66 " Lord Roscommon , " says she , " is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a Psalm admirably , and a scene of Pastor Fido very ...
... letter to Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . 66 " Lord Roscommon , " says she , " is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a Psalm admirably , and a scene of Pastor Fido very ...
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