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... Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cypher- ing and decyphering the letters that passed be- tween the King and Queen ; an employment of the highest confidence ...
... Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cypher- ing and decyphering the letters that passed be- tween the King and Queen ; an employment of the highest confidence ...
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... Earl of Ar- lington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than ...
... Earl of Ar- lington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in " Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than ...
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... Earl of St. considered as a satire on seems to have That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he published his pretensions ions and his discontent , in an ode called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles fes himself melancholy ...
... Earl of St. considered as a satire on seems to have That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he published his pretensions ions and his discontent , in an ode called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles fes himself melancholy ...
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... earl of Pem- broke , zrobquid → • £ iew uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much disquiet , as for a time disordered his understanding ; and Butler lampooned him for his lunacy . I know not whether the malignant lines ...
... earl of Pem- broke , zrobquid → • £ iew uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much disquiet , as for a time disordered his understanding ; and Butler lampooned him for his lunacy . I know not whether the malignant lines ...
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... Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The and court ladies , their grooms and mademoi - fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; * but selles . od 1309'situe boob sa S 201400 --This is sufficiently peevish in a man who , when he ...
... Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The and court ladies , their grooms and mademoi - fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; * but selles . od 1309'situe boob sa S 201400 --This is sufficiently peevish in a man who , when he ...
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