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... said to be of his Drawing , which remained in that Family ; which I mention not for the Ex- cellency of them , but to fatisfy the Reader of his early Inclinations to that noble Art ; for which also he was afterwards entirely belov'd by ...
... said to be of his Drawing , which remained in that Family ; which I mention not for the Ex- cellency of them , but to fatisfy the Reader of his early Inclinations to that noble Art ; for which also he was afterwards entirely belov'd by ...
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... said Yard , on the North - Side , under the Wall of the faid Church , and under that Wall which parts the Yard from the com- mon Highway . And fince he has no Monument yet fet up for him , give me Leave to borrow his Epitaph from that ...
... said Yard , on the North - Side , under the Wall of the faid Church , and under that Wall which parts the Yard from the com- mon Highway . And fince he has no Monument yet fet up for him , give me Leave to borrow his Epitaph from that ...
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... said they , He is no Latiner 55,56 . · be never scanted - His Bounty unto fuch as wanted . ] This is the property of a pedantick Coxcomb , who prates most learnedly amongit illiterate perfons ; and makes a mighty pother about Books and ...
... said they , He is no Latiner 55,56 . · be never scanted - His Bounty unto fuch as wanted . ] This is the property of a pedantick Coxcomb , who prates most learnedly amongit illiterate perfons ; and makes a mighty pother about Books and ...
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... said it was stolen : but being to march away , he who would eat no ftolen Goose , made no fcruple to ride away upon a ftolen Mare ; for plundering Mrs. Bartlet of her Mare , this hypocritical Captain gave fufficient teftimony to the ...
... said it was stolen : but being to march away , he who would eat no ftolen Goose , made no fcruple to ride away upon a ftolen Mare ; for plundering Mrs. Bartlet of her Mare , this hypocritical Captain gave fufficient teftimony to the ...
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... said to him , " You are my Enemy , and yet I love you as well as my best Friends ; for you have behaved your felf " like a brave Soldier in the Defence of this Fort against my Troops ; " and to fhew you , that I can efteem and reward ...
... said to him , " You are my Enemy , and yet I love you as well as my best Friends ; for you have behaved your felf " like a brave Soldier in the Defence of this Fort against my Troops ; " and to fhew you , that I can efteem and reward ...
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