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Page 198
... SIR ROGER . MY friend Sir ROGER DE COVERLY told me t'other night , that he had been reading my paper upon West- minster Abbey , * in which , says he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the same time , that he ...
... SIR ROGER . MY friend Sir ROGER DE COVERLY told me t'other night , that he had been reading my paper upon West- minster Abbey , * in which , says he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the same time , that he ...
Page 199
... Sir ROGER told me further , that he looked upon it to be very good for a man whilst he staid in town , to keep off infection , and that he got together a quantity of it upon the first news of the sickness being at Dantzick : when , of a ...
... Sir ROGER told me further , that he looked upon it to be very good for a man whilst he staid in town , to keep off infection , and that he got together a quantity of it upon the first news of the sickness being at Dantzick : when , of a ...
Page 200
We had not gone far when Sir ROGER , popping out his head , called the coachman down from his box , and , upon presenting himself at the window , asked him if he smoked . As I was considering what this would end in , he bid him stop by ...
We had not gone far when Sir ROGER , popping out his head , called the coachman down from his box , and , upon presenting himself at the window , asked him if he smoked . As I was considering what this would end in , he bid him stop by ...
Page 201
... Sir ROGER , in the next place , laid his hand upon EDWARD the Third's sword , and leaning upon the pom- mel of it , gave us the whole history of the BLACK PRINCE ; concluding , that , in Sir RICHARD BAKER'S opinion , EDWARD the Third ...
... Sir ROGER , in the next place , laid his hand upon EDWARD the Third's sword , and leaning upon the pom- mel of it , gave us the whole history of the BLACK PRINCE ; concluding , that , in Sir RICHARD BAKER'S opinion , EDWARD the Third ...
Page 202
... Sir Roger ; ' you ought to lock up your kings better ; they will carry off the body too , if you don't take care . The glorious names of HENRY the Fifth and Queen ELIZABETH gave the Knight great opportunities of shining , and of doing ...
... Sir Roger ; ' you ought to lock up your kings better ; they will carry off the body too , if you don't take care . The glorious names of HENRY the Fifth and Queen ELIZABETH gave the Knight great opportunities of shining , and of doing ...
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