LettersJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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... . 21 , 1715-16 . Know of nothing that will be fo interesting to you at prefent , as fome circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet , and our me , our friend , Wycherley . He had often FROM EDW . BLOUNT , ESQ . II.
... . 21 , 1715-16 . Know of nothing that will be fo interesting to you at prefent , as fome circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet , and our me , our friend , Wycherley . He had often FROM EDW . BLOUNT , ESQ . II.
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... last we receive ; for , if you ob- ferve , Matrimony is placed after Extreme unc- tion in our Catechifm , as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken . The old man then lay down , fatisfy'd in the confcience of ...
... last we receive ; for , if you ob- ferve , Matrimony is placed after Extreme unc- tion in our Catechifm , as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken . The old man then lay down , fatisfy'd in the confcience of ...
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... last compliment ; tho ' I think his request a little hard , for why fhould he bar her from doubling her Jointure on the fame easy terms ? So trivial as these circumstances are , I should not be difpleas'd myself to know fuch trifles ...
... last compliment ; tho ' I think his request a little hard , for why fhould he bar her from doubling her Jointure on the fame easy terms ? So trivial as these circumstances are , I should not be difpleas'd myself to know fuch trifles ...
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... last . At the worst I heartily wish your Ark may find an Ararat , and the wife and family ( the hopes of the good patriarch ) land fafely after the deluge , upon the shore of Tot- nefs . If I durft mix prophane with facred histo- ry , I ...
... last . At the worst I heartily wish your Ark may find an Ararat , and the wife and family ( the hopes of the good patriarch ) land fafely after the deluge , upon the shore of Tot- nefs . If I durft mix prophane with facred histo- ry , I ...
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... last you " for life . " I join with your family in giving God thanks for lending us a worthy man fomewhat longer . The comforts you receive from their attend- ance , put me in mind of what old Fletcher of Saltoune faid one day to me ...
... last you " for life . " I join with your family in giving God thanks for lending us a worthy man fomewhat longer . The comforts you receive from their attend- ance , put me in mind of what old Fletcher of Saltoune faid one day to me ...
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