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... hand and kindly nature of Gay are discernible in it ; in those stanzas , I mean , which refer to that truly excellent , but oftentimes much abused lady , Queen Caroline . For whilst the ballad hints at the parsimonious and irascible ...
... hand and kindly nature of Gay are discernible in it ; in those stanzas , I mean , which refer to that truly excellent , but oftentimes much abused lady , Queen Caroline . For whilst the ballad hints at the parsimonious and irascible ...
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... hand a notion , which I am limited to declare only to yourself and Mr. secretary Nicholas , to be communicated only to the King , and humbly to beg the assurance from his Majesty upon the word of a King that he will impart it to no ...
... hand a notion , which I am limited to declare only to yourself and Mr. secretary Nicholas , to be communicated only to the King , and humbly to beg the assurance from his Majesty upon the word of a King that he will impart it to no ...
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... hand . Thus Frank Vandermine , a Dutch artist who resided in London , and who it is said painted with a pipe in his mouth , bidding objecting sitters go to another artist , has perpetuated himself in a mezzotint print from his own ...
... hand . Thus Frank Vandermine , a Dutch artist who resided in London , and who it is said painted with a pipe in his mouth , bidding objecting sitters go to another artist , has perpetuated himself in a mezzotint print from his own ...
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... hand Nisbet . On the boards of the volume is written in pale ink " R. Nesbit , May 1 , 1649. " Below , in a some- what darker ink , a sort of pedigree occurs : - " Sir Patrick Nisbet , Lord Eastbank . Robert Nisbet . Revd John Nisbet or ...
... hand Nisbet . On the boards of the volume is written in pale ink " R. Nesbit , May 1 , 1649. " Below , in a some- what darker ink , a sort of pedigree occurs : - " Sir Patrick Nisbet , Lord Eastbank . Robert Nisbet . Revd John Nisbet or ...
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... hand has prest ? ' Tis not her face , ' tis her ingenuous mind , That did a Grafton , doth a D ——— , bind . ” N. F. H. for Wit , vol . v . p . 255 . It is well known that Miss Parsons , after the rupture of her liaison with the Duke of ...
... hand has prest ? ' Tis not her face , ' tis her ingenuous mind , That did a Grafton , doth a D ——— , bind . ” N. F. H. for Wit , vol . v . p . 255 . It is well known that Miss Parsons , after the rupture of her liaison with the Duke of ...
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