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Page 136
He was for some time, according to the author of his Life, clerk to Mr. Jefferys of
Earl's Croomb in Worcestershire, an eminent justice of the peace. In his service
he had not only leisure for study, but for recreation : his amusements were musick
...
He was for some time, according to the author of his Life, clerk to Mr. Jefferys of
Earl's Croomb in Worcestershire, an eminent justice of the peace. In his service
he had not only leisure for study, but for recreation : his amusements were musick
...
Page 155
ROSCOMMON Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, was the son of James
Dillon and Elizabeth Wentworth, sister to the earl of Strafford. He was born in
Ireland, during the lieutenancy of Strafford, who, being both his uncle and his
godfather, ...
ROSCOMMON Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, was the son of James
Dillon and Elizabeth Wentworth, sister to the earl of Strafford. He was born in
Ireland, during the lieutenancy of Strafford, who, being both his uncle and his
godfather, ...
Page 214
I have heard from the late Earl of Orrery, who was likely to have good hereditary
intelligence, that Lord Buckhurst had been a week employed upon it, and only
retouched or finished it on the memorable evening. But even this, whatever it may
...
I have heard from the late Earl of Orrery, who was likely to have good hereditary
intelligence, that Lord Buckhurst had been a week employed upon it, and only
retouched or finished it on the memorable evening. But even this, whatever it may
...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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