Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 |
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Pagina 74
... earl of Bathe and lord Granville of Potheridge , had lately become extinct . Being now high in the Queen's favour , he ( 1712 ) was appointed comptroller of the household , and a privy counsellor ; and to his other honours was added the ...
... earl of Bathe and lord Granville of Potheridge , had lately become extinct . Being now high in the Queen's favour , he ( 1712 ) was appointed comptroller of the household , and a privy counsellor ; and to his other honours was added the ...
Pagina 94
... Earl of Macclesfield was prosecuting this affair , his wife was , on the 10th of January 1697-8 , delivered of a son , and the Earl Rivers , by appearing to consider him as his own , left none any reason to doubt of the sincerity of her ...
... Earl of Macclesfield was prosecuting this affair , his wife was , on the 10th of January 1697-8 , delivered of a son , and the Earl Rivers , by appearing to consider him as his own , left none any reason to doubt of the sincerity of her ...
Pagina 186
... Earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he sent Swift for the same purpose to the King . Swift , who probably was proud of his employment , and went with all the confi- dence of a young man , found his ...
... Earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he sent Swift for the same purpose to the King . Swift , who probably was proud of his employment , and went with all the confi- dence of a young man , found his ...
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