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PRIOR M4 1 ATTHEW PRIOR is one of those that have burst out from an obscure original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburne in Dorsetshire , of I know not what parents ; others say that he was ...
PRIOR M4 1 ATTHEW PRIOR is one of those that have burst out from an obscure original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburne in Dorsetshire , of I know not what parents ; others say that he was ...
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23 The Tories , who were now in power , were in haste to end the war , and Prior , being recalled ( 1710 ) to his former employment of making treaties , was sent ( July 1711 ) privately to Paris with propositions of peace .
23 The Tories , who were now in power , were in haste to end the war , and Prior , being recalled ( 1710 ) to his former employment of making treaties , was sent ( July 1711 ) privately to Paris with propositions of peace .
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It is related by Boyer that the intention was to have joined Prior in the same commission , but that Shrewsbury refused to be associated with a man so meanly born ' . Prior therefore continued to act without a title till the duke ...
It is related by Boyer that the intention was to have joined Prior in the same commission , but that Shrewsbury refused to be associated with a man so meanly born ' . Prior therefore continued to act without a title till the duke ...
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