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Of his life little is known ; and that little claims no praise but 2 what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth ? with all the partiality of ...
Of his life little is known ; and that little claims no praise but 2 what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth ? with all the partiality of ...
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9 , 1713 : — ' The Jacob Tonson was Secretary , ' who Duchess of Marlborough hath given has his own and all the members ' great presents at her taking leave of pictures by Kneller . ' POPE , Spence's her friends , several fine diamond ...
9 , 1713 : — ' The Jacob Tonson was Secretary , ' who Duchess of Marlborough hath given has his own and all the members ' great presents at her taking leave of pictures by Kneller . ' POPE , Spence's her friends , several fine diamond ...
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The same title is given him in Cockayne's Hist . Peerage . Crull , in The Antiquities of St. Peter's , ii . 48 , says that at the Duke's funeral Garter King at Arms proclaimed his title as Duke of Buckinghamshire .
The same title is given him in Cockayne's Hist . Peerage . Crull , in The Antiquities of St. Peter's , ii . 48 , says that at the Duke's funeral Garter King at Arms proclaimed his title as Duke of Buckinghamshire .
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