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... friends ) he went into France again , having made a copy of verses on Oliver's death . " This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be ...
... friends ) he went into France again , having made a copy of verses on Oliver's death . " This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be ...
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... friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable ... friend , Henry Lawes , who taught music in the fami ly , wrote this mask . Lawes set it to music , and it was acted on ...
... friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable ... friend , Henry Lawes , who taught music in the fami ly , wrote this mask . Lawes set it to music , and it was acted on ...
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... friends , possibly by her own desire , made earnest suit to have her company the re- maining part of the summer ; which was grant- ed upon a promise of her return at Michaelmas . ” Milton was too busy to much miss his wife ; he pursued ...
... friends , possibly by her own desire , made earnest suit to have her company the re- maining part of the summer ; which was grant- ed upon a promise of her return at Michaelmas . ” Milton was too busy to much miss his wife ; he pursued ...
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... friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber- milliner , and measured his commodities only to his friends . Philips , evidently ...
... friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber- milliner , and measured his commodities only to his friends . Philips , evidently ...
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... friend to regicides , thought themselves at liberty to treat him as if they had known what they only suspected ... friends were more willing that Du Moulin should escape than that he should be convicted of mistake . 1 --Poma alba ...
... friend to regicides , thought themselves at liberty to treat him as if they had known what they only suspected ... friends were more willing that Du Moulin should escape than that he should be convicted of mistake . 1 --Poma alba ...
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