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Page 68
... pleased the president , that he told him his former suspicions , and promised to favour him . Among his contemporaries in the College were Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to ...
... pleased the president , that he told him his former suspicions , and promised to favour him . Among his contemporaries in the College were Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to ...
Page 243
... pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits , and corresponded with the enemies of Pope . A letter was produced , when he had perhaps him- self forgotten it , in which he tells Concanen , " Dryden , I ob- serve , borrows for want ...
... pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits , and corresponded with the enemies of Pope . A letter was produced , when he had perhaps him- self forgotten it , in which he tells Concanen , " Dryden , I ob- serve , borrows for want ...
Page 346
... pleased , that he told the chapter he was concerned to find the preacher had one of the worst prebends in their church . Some time after this , in consequence of his merit and reputation , or of the interest of Lord Bradford , to whom ...
... pleased , that he told the chapter he was concerned to find the preacher had one of the worst prebends in their church . Some time after this , in consequence of his merit and reputation , or of the interest of Lord Bradford , to whom ...
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