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... without touching the favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . ... upon his friends by intimacy , and outwent the strongest prepossessions , which had been conceived in his favour .
... without touching the favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . ... upon his friends by intimacy , and outwent the strongest prepossessions , which had been conceived in his favour .
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and when the bishop of London was brought before them , gave his voice in his favour ! Thus far he suffered interest or obedience to carry him ; but 11 further he refused to go . When he found that the powers of the ecclesiastical ...
and when the bishop of London was brought before them , gave his voice in his favour ! Thus far he suffered interest or obedience to carry him ; but 11 further he refused to go . When he found that the powers of the ecclesiastical ...
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28 , 1704 , spoke in favour of tacking the bill on to the Land Tax Bill . Parl . Hist . vi . 359. Parliament was dissolved on April 5 , 1705. IV . p . 439 . • The Church in danger ' was the Tory cry during the elections .
28 , 1704 , spoke in favour of tacking the bill on to the Land Tax Bill . Parl . Hist . vi . 359. Parliament was dissolved on April 5 , 1705. IV . p . 439 . • The Church in danger ' was the Tory cry during the elections .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage Volume 2 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Octagon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2008 |
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