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Page v
To this , perhaps , may in some measure be attributed the slight notice which is taken of the personal history of the dramatic writers by their contemporaries , and the little degree of interest which they appear to have excited .
To this , perhaps , may in some measure be attributed the slight notice which is taken of the personal history of the dramatic writers by their contemporaries , and the little degree of interest which they appear to have excited .
Page vi
The stock of the FORDS was highly respectable : they appear to have settled at an early period in the north - west of Devonshire , and to have possessed considerable property in the contiguous parishes of Ashburton , Ilsington , & c .
The stock of the FORDS was highly respectable : they appear to have settled at an early period in the north - west of Devonshire , and to have possessed considerable property in the contiguous parishes of Ashburton , Ilsington , & c .
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Ilsington , procured by Mr. Malone , from the vicar , it appears that Ford was baptized there on the 17th April , 1586 ; and as he became a member of the Middle Temple , November 16 , 1602 , he could scarcely have spent more than a term ...
Ilsington , procured by Mr. Malone , from the vicar , it appears that Ford was baptized there on the 17th April , 1586 ; and as he became a member of the Middle Temple , November 16 , 1602 , he could scarcely have spent more than a term ...
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Popham was made Attorney - General in 1581 ; and in 1592 he was advanced to the rank of Chief Justice of the King's Bench , which he held for many years ; so that his patronage , which must have been considerable , ( as he appears to ...
Popham was made Attorney - General in 1581 ; and in 1592 he was advanced to the rank of Chief Justice of the King's Bench , which he held for many years ; so that his patronage , which must have been considerable , ( as he appears to ...
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He had evidently wooed the lady ( herself a muse ) in verse , and symptoms of wounded vanity occasionally appear at ... This is merely a rhetorical flourish ; for the travail which he contemplated , appears to be the labour and pains ...
He had evidently wooed the lady ( herself a muse ) in verse , and symptoms of wounded vanity occasionally appear at ... This is merely a rhetorical flourish ; for the travail which he contemplated , appears to be the labour and pains ...
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