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... occafion of their embassy , viz . to condole the death of Sophia , Queen Dowager of Denmark , Grandmother to Charles I. King of England . Our author enjoyed many beneficial employments , and at length , about the beginning of the civil ...
... occafion of their embassy , viz . to condole the death of Sophia , Queen Dowager of Denmark , Grandmother to Charles I. King of England . Our author enjoyed many beneficial employments , and at length , about the beginning of the civil ...
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... occafion of his being introduced here , is , his having written Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis , confifting of a Mafque and a Comedy , or the Great Royal Ball , acted in Paris fix times by the King in perfon , the Duke of Anjou , the ...
... occafion of his being introduced here , is , his having written Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis , confifting of a Mafque and a Comedy , or the Great Royal Ball , acted in Paris fix times by the King in perfon , the Duke of Anjou , the ...
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... occafion fhould require , Shortly after , he was appointed ambassador to that court , where he negotiated the marriage be- tween his mafter King Charles II . and the In- fanta Donna Catharina , daughter to King John VI . and towards the ...
... occafion fhould require , Shortly after , he was appointed ambassador to that court , where he negotiated the marriage be- tween his mafter King Charles II . and the In- fanta Donna Catharina , daughter to King John VI . and towards the ...
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... Occafion of his Majesty's Proclamation , 1630 , command- ing the Gentry to refide upon their Eftates in the Country . 2d , A Summary Difcourfe of the Civil Wars of Rome , extracted from the best Latin Writers in Profe and Verfe . 3d ...
... Occafion of his Majesty's Proclamation , 1630 , command- ing the Gentry to refide upon their Eftates in the Country . 2d , A Summary Difcourfe of the Civil Wars of Rome , extracted from the best Latin Writers in Profe and Verfe . 3d ...
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... occafion of his entering into bufinefs , was , an elegy he wrote on the death of Mr. William Harvey , which introduced him to the acquaintance of Mr. John Harvey , the brother of his deceased friend , from whom he received many offices ...
... occafion of his entering into bufinefs , was , an elegy he wrote on the death of Mr. William Harvey , which introduced him to the acquaintance of Mr. John Harvey , the brother of his deceased friend , from whom he received many offices ...
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