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... conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so pleasing to King William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is supposed " 7 ' to have passed some of the next 2 PRIOR .
... conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so pleasing to King William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is supposed " 7 ' to have passed some of the next 2 PRIOR .
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... conduct of the allies , the avarice of generals , the tyranny of minions , and the general danger of approaching ruin . was For this purpose a paper called " The examiner " periodically published , written , as it happened , by any wit ...
... conduct of the allies , the avarice of generals , the tyranny of minions , and the general danger of approaching ruin . was For this purpose a paper called " The examiner " periodically published , written , as it happened , by any wit ...
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... conduct is very agreeable to me . " And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris , Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you : make use of it , once for all , upon this occasion , and convince ...
... conduct is very agreeable to me . " And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris , Bolingbroke wrote to Prior thus : " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you : make use of it , once for all , upon this occasion , and convince ...
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... conducted his affairs in such a manner , that he was very seldom able to keep his promises , or execute his own intentions ; and , as he never was able to raise the sum which he had offered , the marriage was delayed . In the mean time ...
... conducted his affairs in such a manner , that he was very seldom able to keep his promises , or execute his own intentions ; and , as he never was able to raise the sum which he had offered , the marriage was delayed . In the mean time ...
Page 91
... conduct , and boasted of that relief which they never gave him . In this censure I do not indiscriminately involve all his relations ; for he has mentioned with gratitude the humanity of one lady , whose name I am now unable to ...
... conduct , and boasted of that relief which they never gave him . In this censure I do not indiscriminately involve all his relations ; for he has mentioned with gratitude the humanity of one lady , whose name I am now unable to ...
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