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Page xix
... death of King William , which he met with at Geneva , put an end to that thought ; and as his hopes of advancement in his own country were fallen with the credit of his friends , who were out of power at the begin- ning of her late ...
... death of King William , which he met with at Geneva , put an end to that thought ; and as his hopes of advancement in his own country were fallen with the credit of his friends , who were out of power at the begin- ning of her late ...
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... of Signor Valetta , a young Neapolitan nobleman , has ever been made public . If he had found time for the write- ing of another tragedy , the death of Socrates Socrates would have been the ftory . And , however The PREFACE . XXV.
... of Signor Valetta , a young Neapolitan nobleman , has ever been made public . If he had found time for the write- ing of another tragedy , the death of Socrates Socrates would have been the ftory . And , however The PREFACE . XXV.
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... providence * . Upon the death of Queen Ann , the Lords Juftices , in whom the ad- miniftration was lodged , appointed * Spectator . No. 39 . him their Secretary . Soon after his Majesty's arrival in him xxvi The PREFACE .
... providence * . Upon the death of Queen Ann , the Lords Juftices , in whom the ad- miniftration was lodged , appointed * Spectator . No. 39 . him their Secretary . Soon after his Majesty's arrival in him xxvi The PREFACE .
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... death put a period to it , when he had imperfectly performed only one half of the defign ; he have- ing propofed , as appears from the in- troduction , to add the Jewish to the heathen teftimonies , for the truth of the christian ...
... death put a period to it , when he had imperfectly performed only one half of the defign ; he have- ing propofed , as appears from the in- troduction , to add the Jewish to the heathen teftimonies , for the truth of the christian ...
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... the world of this great man , on the feventeenth of June 1719. He left behind him only one daughter , by the Countess of Warwick , to whom he was married in the year 1716 . Not Not many days before his death , he gave me The PREFACE . xxix.
... the world of this great man , on the feventeenth of June 1719. He left behind him only one daughter , by the Countess of Warwick , to whom he was married in the year 1716 . Not Not many days before his death , he gave me The PREFACE . xxix.
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