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... thought neces- sary . Having an early attachment to music and lively poetry , he attempted to write for the theatre , and had no higher ambition than to become a player , but the bad success of one of his friends who had encouraged this ...
... thought neces- sary . Having an early attachment to music and lively poetry , he attempted to write for the theatre , and had no higher ambition than to become a player , but the bad success of one of his friends who had encouraged this ...
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... thought fit to exclude them from the community . Fourmont retired to the college of Montaigu , and had the very chambers which formerly belonged to Erasmus ; and here the abbé Sevin continued to visit him , when they went on with their ...
... thought fit to exclude them from the community . Fourmont retired to the college of Montaigu , and had the very chambers which formerly belonged to Erasmus ; and here the abbé Sevin continued to visit him , when they went on with their ...
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... thought his duty ; for he was the second , who in 1688 , signed the resolution of the Lon- don clergy , not to read king James's new declaration for liberty of conscience . He was rewarded for this and other services at the revolution ...
... thought his duty ; for he was the second , who in 1688 , signed the resolution of the Lon- don clergy , not to read king James's new declaration for liberty of conscience . He was rewarded for this and other services at the revolution ...
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... thought to have been favourably dealt with , that he escaped with his life . This was in 1545. Wood represents this affair some- what differently ; he says in one place , that Fox resigned his fellowship to avoid expulsion , and in ...
... thought to have been favourably dealt with , that he escaped with his life . This was in 1545. Wood represents this affair some- what differently ; he says in one place , that Fox resigned his fellowship to avoid expulsion , and in ...
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... thought it time for Fox to retire , and accordingly furnished him with the means to go abroad . He found , before he could put to sea , that Gardiner had issued out a warrant for apprehending him , and was causing the most diligent ...
... thought it time for Fox to retire , and accordingly furnished him with the means to go abroad . He found , before he could put to sea , that Gardiner had issued out a warrant for apprehending him , and was causing the most diligent ...
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