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James Boswell. church man and royalist , and retained his attachment to the unfortunate house of Stuart , though he reconciled him- self , by casuistical arguments of expediency and necessity , to take the oaths imposed by the prevailing ...
James Boswell. church man and royalist , and retained his attachment to the unfortunate house of Stuart , though he reconciled him- self , by casuistical arguments of expediency and necessity , to take the oaths imposed by the prevailing ...
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... houses of parliament , under the name of The Senate of Lilliput , sometimes with feigned denominations of the ... house of Stuart , he could not accept of any office in the state ; he therefore came to London , and employed his ...
... houses of parliament , under the name of The Senate of Lilliput , sometimes with feigned denominations of the ... house of Stuart , he could not accept of any office in the state ; he therefore came to London , and employed his ...
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... house of Mr. Richardson , author of Clarissa , and other novels of extensive reputation . Mr. Hogarth came one day to see Richardson , soon after the execution of Dr. Cameron , for having taken arms for the house of Stuart in 1745-6 ...
... house of Mr. Richardson , author of Clarissa , and other novels of extensive reputation . Mr. Hogarth came one day to see Richardson , soon after the execution of Dr. Cameron , for having taken arms for the house of Stuart in 1745-6 ...
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... house of Stuart to the throne . That he had a tenderness for that unfortunate house , is well known ; and some may fanci- fully imagine , that a sympathetick anxiety impeded the exertion of his intellectual powers ; but I am inclined to ...
... house of Stuart to the throne . That he had a tenderness for that unfortunate house , is well known ; and some may fanci- fully imagine , that a sympathetick anxiety impeded the exertion of his intellectual powers ; but I am inclined to ...
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... house of Stuart did not render him less estimable in Dr. Johnson's eye.- BOSWELL . c If the Magazine here referred to be that for October , 1752 , see Gent . Mag . vol . xxii . p . 468 , then this letter belongs to a later period . If ...
... house of Stuart did not render him less estimable in Dr. Johnson's eye.- BOSWELL . c If the Magazine here referred to be that for October , 1752 , see Gent . Mag . vol . xxii . p . 468 , then this letter belongs to a later period . If ...
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