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... poem on the " Deity , " which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that College , to send every year to the Earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in acknowledgment of a beefaction enjoyed by them ...
... poem on the " Deity , " which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that College , to send every year to the Earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in acknowledgment of a beefaction enjoyed by them ...
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... poem , that he had no service of plate ; and it appeared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remittances were not punctually made . On the first of August , 1714 , ensued the downfal of the tories and the degradation of Prior ...
... poem , that he had no service of plate ; and it appeared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remittances were not punctually made . On the first of August , 1714 , ensued the downfal of the tories and the degradation of Prior ...
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