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... Sir Robert Walpole , for which he was rewarded by him with twenty guineas , a sum not very large , if either the excel- lence of the performance , or the affluence of the patron , be considered ; but greater than he after- wards ...
... Sir Robert Walpole , for which he was rewarded by him with twenty guineas , a sum not very large , if either the excel- lence of the performance , or the affluence of the patron , be considered ; but greater than he after- wards ...
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... Sir Robert Walpole had before given him reason to believe that he never intended the performance of his promise , he was now abandoned again to fortune . He was , however , at that time supported by a friend ; and as it was not his ...
... Sir Robert Walpole had before given him reason to believe that he never intended the performance of his promise , he was now abandoned again to fortune . He was , however , at that time supported by a friend ; and as it was not his ...
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... Sir Robert Walpole , at his levee , the reason of the distinction that was made between him and the other pension- ers of the Queen , with a degree of roughness which perhaps determined him to withdraw what had been only delayed ...
... Sir Robert Walpole , at his levee , the reason of the distinction that was made between him and the other pension- ers of the Queen , with a degree of roughness which perhaps determined him to withdraw what had been only delayed ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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