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... sufficient appearance of applica- tion ; yet did not lose his propensity to cards and dice ; but was very often plundered by game- sters . Being severely reproved for this folly , he pro- * In Hamilton's Memoirs of Count Grammont , Sir ...
... sufficient appearance of applica- tion ; yet did not lose his propensity to cards and dice ; but was very often plundered by game- sters . Being severely reproved for this folly , he pro- * In Hamilton's Memoirs of Count Grammont , Sir ...
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... sufficient evidence.ipes + μ 599 % J About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him , was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the earl of Pem ...
... sufficient evidence.ipes + μ 599 % J About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him , was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the earl of Pem ...
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... sufficiently peevish in a man who , when he mentions his exile from the college , re- lates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him Plays were therefore only criminal when they were acted ...
... sufficiently peevish in a man who , when he mentions his exile from the college , re- lates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him Plays were therefore only criminal when they were acted ...
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... sufficient , if he desired only tos ramble with anyexplainer of its an- tiquities , or to view palaces and count pictures ; but certainly too short for the contemplation of learning , policy , or manners.mas9lq sdt doidw From Rome he ...
... sufficient , if he desired only tos ramble with anyexplainer of its an- tiquities , or to view palaces and count pictures ; but certainly too short for the contemplation of learning , policy , or manners.mas9lq sdt doidw From Rome he ...
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... sufficiently safe ; and Milton stayed two months more at Rome , and went on to Florence without moles - employment . tation . From Florence he visited Lucca . He after- wards went to Venice ; and , having sent away a collection of music ...
... sufficiently safe ; and Milton stayed two months more at Rome , and went on to Florence without moles - employment . tation . From Florence he visited Lucca . He after- wards went to Venice ; and , having sent away a collection of music ...
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