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... fortune , as outlawed Presby- terian , and of his wandering about as a pedlar for some part of this period through London . and the neighbouring countries ; but all this is again mere rumour , founded on no authenticated facts whatever ...
... fortune , as outlawed Presby- terian , and of his wandering about as a pedlar for some part of this period through London . and the neighbouring countries ; but all this is again mere rumour , founded on no authenticated facts whatever ...
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... fortunes , and , with considerable wisdom , invested their gains in the sandy soil of the Father- land . " I am tired of politics , " writes Prior in the summer of 1720 ; " I am tired of politics , and lost in the South Sea . The ...
... fortunes , and , with considerable wisdom , invested their gains in the sandy soil of the Father- land . " I am tired of politics , " writes Prior in the summer of 1720 ; " I am tired of politics , and lost in the South Sea . The ...
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... fortune in the bubble , and , having lost it , was obliged to serve in a bookseller's shop while he continued his ministerial duties . The elder Scraggs made Gay a present of £ 1,000 stock , and , as the poet had been a previous ...
... fortune in the bubble , and , having lost it , was obliged to serve in a bookseller's shop while he continued his ministerial duties . The elder Scraggs made Gay a present of £ 1,000 stock , and , as the poet had been a previous ...
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... fortune of a few shrewd and clever speculators . One of the most notable of these was Thomas Guy , the founder of Guy's Hospital , whose chequered life forms a real epitome of the period in which he lived . The son of a poor lighterman ...
... fortune of a few shrewd and clever speculators . One of the most notable of these was Thomas Guy , the founder of Guy's Hospital , whose chequered life forms a real epitome of the period in which he lived . The son of a poor lighterman ...
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... fortune for the foundation of an hospital on the largest scale . Thus arose that magnificent charity , on the Surrey side of London Bridge , still known as Guy's Hospital . The charge of erecting this vast pile amounted to about ...
... fortune for the foundation of an hospital on the largest scale . Thus arose that magnificent charity , on the Surrey side of London Bridge , still known as Guy's Hospital . The charge of erecting this vast pile amounted to about ...
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