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... Lord Byron dé- scribed it as the " finest critical work extant , " and declared that he never read it without instruction and delight : Sir Walter Scott affirmed that it displayed qualifications which have seldom been concentrated to ...
... Lord Byron dé- scribed it as the " finest critical work extant , " and declared that he never read it without instruction and delight : Sir Walter Scott affirmed that it displayed qualifications which have seldom been concentrated to ...
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... Lord Tyrconnel , 321 - Publishes The Bastard , 326 - Becomes " Volunteer Laureate " to Queen Caroline , 328 - His life dissipated , his subsistence casual , 339 - Leaves London July , 1739 , 343 - Is arrested at Bristol , 346 - Dies ...
... Lord Tyrconnel , 321 - Publishes The Bastard , 326 - Becomes " Volunteer Laureate " to Queen Caroline , 328 - His life dissipated , his subsistence casual , 339 - Leaves London July , 1739 , 343 - Is arrested at Bristol , 346 - Dies ...
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... Lord Chancellor Talbot , 443- Summer dedicated to Bubb Dodington , 444 - Spring to the Countess of Hereford , 444 - His Tragedy of Sophonisba ( 1727 ) , 444 - Travels with the Lord Chancellor's son , 444 - Liberty , 445 - Taken up by ...
... Lord Chancellor Talbot , 443- Summer dedicated to Bubb Dodington , 444 - Spring to the Countess of Hereford , 444 - His Tragedy of Sophonisba ( 1727 ) , 444 - Travels with the Lord Chancellor's son , 444 - Liberty , 445 - Taken up by ...
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... Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in ciphering and deciphering the letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the ...
... Lord Jermyn , afterwards Earl of St. Albans , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in ciphering and deciphering the letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the ...
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... Lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experi- ment of their future fortunes , and met with passages equally ominous to each . That of the king was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus et armis , Finibus ...
... Lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experi- ment of their future fortunes , and met with passages equally ominous to each . That of the king was the following : At bello audacis populi vexatus et armis , Finibus ...
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