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Pagina 14
... command stared you in the face . But it is my misfortune to quarrel with all my acquaintance , and always come by the worst ; and fortune is ever against me , but never so much as by pursuing me out of mere partiality to your grace ...
... command stared you in the face . But it is my misfortune to quarrel with all my acquaintance , and always come by the worst ; and fortune is ever against me , but never so much as by pursuing me out of mere partiality to your grace ...
Pagina 17
... commands to me ; for my friend has a right to command me arbitrarily , which no man else upon earth has . Or rather , dispose of affairs so as to come hither immediately . You intended to come some time ago . You speak , in a letter ...
... commands to me ; for my friend has a right to command me arbitrarily , which no man else upon earth has . Or rather , dispose of affairs so as to come hither immediately . You intended to come some time ago . You speak , in a letter ...
Pagina 24
... commands , and so fearful * Wife to the treasurer of the navy during Lord Oxford's administration , in the reign of Queen Anne.-H. + Indorsed , " Lady Worsley , with a present of a writing - box japanned by herself . " - N . of being ...
... commands , and so fearful * Wife to the treasurer of the navy during Lord Oxford's administration , in the reign of Queen Anne.-H. + Indorsed , " Lady Worsley , with a present of a writing - box japanned by herself . " - N . of being ...
Pagina 27
... command , and I wish he may go as soon as possible that he may have a few weeks to prepare him for his business , by seeing the Tower , the Monument , and Westminster Abbey , and have done staring in the streets . I am so entirely out ...
... command , and I wish he may go as soon as possible that he may have a few weeks to prepare him for his business , by seeing the Tower , the Monument , and Westminster Abbey , and have done staring in the streets . I am so entirely out ...
Pagina 48
... command him , which I suppose will not be till you are settled in your office . Nothing but this cruel accident of a lameness could have hindered me from attending your cere monial as 48 EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE . To Mr Alderman Barber,
... command him , which I suppose will not be till you are settled in your office . Nothing but this cruel accident of a lameness could have hindered me from attending your cere monial as 48 EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE . To Mr Alderman Barber,
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acquaintance Adieu affair Amesbury answer Arbuthnot assure Barber believe Bishop Bishop of Clogher Carteret commands court Dean DEAR SIR death Delany desire Dublin duchess Duke England esteem expect favour fear flatter friends friendship gentleman give glad gout grace happy hear heard heartily honour hope humble service Ireland JOHN BARBER kind kingdom LADY BETTY GERMAIN Lady Worsley late least letter ling live London Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Carteret Lord Orrery lordship Matthew Pilkington MISS KELLY never obedient humble servant obliged occasion Orrery Patrick's PENDARVES person Pilkington pleased pleasure poem poor Pope pounds pray prebendary printed reason received recommend shew sincere Sir Robert Walpole soon sorry sure Swift tell thanks thing THOMAS SHERIDAN thought tion told town trouble Twickenham verses William Fownes wine wish writ write
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