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... Butler at one time received from King Charles II . a gratuity of three hundred pounds ; and this honorable circumstance attended the grant , that it passed through all the offices without a fee . Butler , on this occasion , showed ...
... Butler at one time received from King Charles II . a gratuity of three hundred pounds ; and this honorable circumstance attended the grant , that it passed through all the offices without a fee . Butler , on this occasion , showed ...
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... Butler who can think without just rage , The glory and the scandal of the age ? Fair stood his hopes when first he ... Butler's faith and service were return'd ; And if such warning they refuse to take , This last experiment , O ...
... Butler who can think without just rage , The glory and the scandal of the age ? Fair stood his hopes when first he ... Butler's faith and service were return'd ; And if such warning they refuse to take , This last experiment , O ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. Sacred to the Memory of SAMUEL BUTLER , Who was born at Strensham , in Worcestershire , 1612 , And died at London , 1680 . A man of extraordinary learning , wit , and integrity . Perfectly happy in his writings ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. Sacred to the Memory of SAMUEL BUTLER , Who was born at Strensham , in Worcestershire , 1612 , And died at London , 1680 . A man of extraordinary learning , wit , and integrity . Perfectly happy in his writings ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. Addison objects to Butler for the use of burlesque verse . " If Hudibras ( says he , Spectator ... Butler's Hudibras , says , " The worth of his poem is too well known to need my commendation ; and he is above ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. Addison objects to Butler for the use of burlesque verse . " If Hudibras ( says he , Spectator ... Butler's Hudibras , says , " The worth of his poem is too well known to need my commendation ; and he is above ...
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