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... DORSET STEPNEY J. PHILIPS " 59 GRANVILLE 205 61 · YALDEN 208 • 61 TICKELL • 210 · · • 67 HAMMOND · 212 · · 83 SOMERVILE · 213 ib . SAVAGE · 214 84 SWIFT · 250 85 BROOME 254 2.64 WALSH DRYDEN • 91 POPE 256 2.66 · ib PITT • 314 SMITH ...
... DORSET STEPNEY J. PHILIPS " 59 GRANVILLE 205 61 · YALDEN 208 • 61 TICKELL • 210 · · • 67 HAMMOND · 212 · · 83 SOMERVILE · 213 ib . SAVAGE · 214 84 SWIFT · 250 85 BROOME 254 2.64 WALSH DRYDEN • 91 POPE 256 2.66 · ib PITT • 314 SMITH ...
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... Dorset . When it was known , it was necessar- ily admired : the King quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists ap- plauded it . Every eye watched for the golden shower which was to fall upon the Author , who ...
... Dorset . When it was known , it was necessar- ily admired : the King quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists ap- plauded it . Every eye watched for the golden shower which was to fall upon the Author , who ...
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... DORSET . wwwwww.and Of the EARL of DORSET the character has been drawn so largely and so elegantly by Prior , to whom he was familiarly known , that nothing can be added by a casual hand ; and , as its au- thor is so generally read , it ...
... DORSET . wwwwww.and Of the EARL of DORSET the character has been drawn so largely and so elegantly by Prior , to whom he was familiarly known , that nothing can be added by a casual hand ; and , as its au- thor is so generally read , it ...
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... Dorset , and inherit- ed the estate of his family . In 1684 , having buried his first wife of the fa- mily of Bagot , who left him no child , he mar- ried a daughter of the Earl of Northampton , celebrated both for beauty and ...
... Dorset , and inherit- ed the estate of his family . In 1684 , having buried his first wife of the fa- mily of Bagot , who left him no child , he mar- ried a daughter of the Earl of Northampton , celebrated both for beauty and ...
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... Dorset . His qualifications recommended him to many foreign employments , so that his time seems to have been spent in negociations . In 1692 , he was sent envoy to the Elector of Brandenburgh ; in 1693 , to the Imperial Court ; in 1694 ...
... Dorset . His qualifications recommended him to many foreign employments , so that his time seems to have been spent in negociations . In 1692 , he was sent envoy to the Elector of Brandenburgh ; in 1693 , to the Imperial Court ; in 1694 ...
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