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6 [ Catius is Charles Dartineuf , whom Gay calls a grave joker , " and who was a noted epicure . He occurs again in the Imitations of Horace . ] 7 [ Sidney Earl of Godolphin . ] 8 [ In the early editions the following lines were ...
6 [ Catius is Charles Dartineuf , whom Gay calls a grave joker , " and who was a noted epicure . He occurs again in the Imitations of Horace . ] 7 [ Sidney Earl of Godolphin . ] 8 [ In the early editions the following lines were ...
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Behold ! if fortune or a mistress frowns , Some plunge in business , others shave their crowns : To ease the soul of one oppressive weight , This quits an empire , that embroils a state : The same adust complexion has impell'd Charles ...
Behold ! if fortune or a mistress frowns , Some plunge in business , others shave their crowns : To ease the soul of one oppressive weight , This quits an empire , that embroils a state : The same adust complexion has impell'd Charles ...
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When Cataline by rapine swellid his store ; When Cæsar made a noble dame a whore ; 18 200 205 210 17 John Wilmot , Earl of Rochester , famous for his wit and extravagancies in the time of Charles II . 18 The sister of Cato and the ...
When Cataline by rapine swellid his store ; When Cæsar made a noble dame a whore ; 18 200 205 210 17 John Wilmot , Earl of Rochester , famous for his wit and extravagancies in the time of Charles II . 18 The sister of Cato and the ...
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66 265 22 [ None of these death - bed illustrations are more characteristic than the politeness of Lord Chesterfield in apologising to his friend Dayrolles for the contortions which his pangs occasioned ; and that of Charles the Second ...
66 265 22 [ None of these death - bed illustrations are more characteristic than the politeness of Lord Chesterfield in apologising to his friend Dayrolles for the contortions which his pangs occasioned ; and that of Charles the Second ...
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... in 1714 , Cobham was raised to the peerage , under the title of Baron Cobham , of Cobham , in Kent , and , at the same time , he was declared Envoy - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Germany , Charles VI .
... in 1714 , Cobham was raised to the peerage , under the title of Baron Cobham , of Cobham , in Kent , and , at the same time , he was declared Envoy - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Germany , Charles VI .
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