Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F.S.A., and Many of His Learned Friends; an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom During the Last Century; and Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artists; with a Very Copious Index, Volume 1author, 1812 |
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... honoured her with a very polite epistle . This lady is said to have written other things , as tragedies , operas , masques , & c . which , though not printed , are preserved in her family . She died in 1710 , in her 55th year . She was ...
... honoured her with a very polite epistle . This lady is said to have written other things , as tragedies , operas , masques , & c . which , though not printed , are preserved in her family . She died in 1710 , in her 55th year . She was ...
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... honoured Thomas Holt , esq . and Mrs. Anne Holt , the mournful parents of the deceased heir . " To the Sermon is prefixed a very beautiful portrait of the youth , with eight encomiastic verses on him , in English . D. Loggan sc . See ...
... honoured Thomas Holt , esq . and Mrs. Anne Holt , the mournful parents of the deceased heir . " To the Sermon is prefixed a very beautiful portrait of the youth , with eight encomiastic verses on him , in English . D. Loggan sc . See ...
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... honoured the City of London by a Royal Visit , in the mayoralty of Sir Samuel Fludyer , bart . In the latter part of his life Mr. Settle was so reduced as to attend a booth in Bartholomew Fair , kept by Mrs. Minns and her daughter Mrs ...
... honoured the City of London by a Royal Visit , in the mayoralty of Sir Samuel Fludyer , bart . In the latter part of his life Mr. Settle was so reduced as to attend a booth in Bartholomew Fair , kept by Mrs. Minns and her daughter Mrs ...
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... Honour's pardon for this ( I hope ) inoffensive address , I beg your acceptance of this poor present ; which till finisht , I durst not presume to lay at your feet ; being , in all humility , Your Honour's most devoted servant , E ...
... Honour's pardon for this ( I hope ) inoffensive address , I beg your acceptance of this poor present ; which till finisht , I durst not presume to lay at your feet ; being , in all humility , Your Honour's most devoted servant , E ...
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... honour of English humanity let it be known , that the contributions thus raised amounted £ .1162 5 10 to His dividend on the brief • 1377 9 4 Total sum received by Mr. Bowyer 2539 15 2 At this melancholy crisis the younger Bowyer was ...
... honour of English humanity let it be known , that the contributions thus raised amounted £ .1162 5 10 to His dividend on the brief • 1377 9 4 Total sum received by Mr. Bowyer 2539 15 2 At this melancholy crisis the younger Bowyer was ...
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