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... died in London the following year , 1726 . " - Pope . " Blount died of the small - pox ; and was attended during his ill- ness with the greatest affection and sorrow , by the lady whose name is so often mentioned in these volumes . Soon ...
... died in London the following year , 1726 . " - Pope . " Blount died of the small - pox ; and was attended during his ill- ness with the greatest affection and sorrow , by the lady whose name is so often mentioned in these volumes . Soon ...
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... died in the year 1744 , when an invasion from France was attempted ; being the beginning of that struggle which terminated with the victory at Culloden . The old practising astrologers up to a late period boasted that Pope regularly ...
... died in the year 1744 , when an invasion from France was attempted ; being the beginning of that struggle which terminated with the victory at Culloden . The old practising astrologers up to a late period boasted that Pope regularly ...
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... died on the 19th of January , 1728-9 ; and as Pope and Gay were in familiar and constant intercourse , it has been inferred that Pope's birthday was near the time of Congreve's death , in the latter end of January or beginning of ...
... died on the 19th of January , 1728-9 ; and as Pope and Gay were in familiar and constant intercourse , it has been inferred that Pope's birthday was near the time of Congreve's death , in the latter end of January or beginning of ...
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... died at Oxford ) having inherited what small estate was left , but that the poet's father being put to a merchant in Flanders , acquired a moderate fortune by merchandise . This communication we shall afterwards have occasion to notice ...
... died at Oxford ) having inherited what small estate was left , but that the poet's father being put to a merchant in Flanders , acquired a moderate fortune by merchandise . This communication we shall afterwards have occasion to notice ...
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... died in St. Mary's parish in Oxford , Dec. 28 , 1660 , aged thirty - eight years ; leaving behind him one only daughter , named Elizabeth , who was married to Henry Francis Lee , of Dichley , in Oxfordshire , and afterwards to Robert ...
... died in St. Mary's parish in Oxford , Dec. 28 , 1660 , aged thirty - eight years ; leaving behind him one only daughter , named Elizabeth , who was married to Henry Francis Lee , of Dichley , in Oxfordshire , and afterwards to Robert ...
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