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... died on his birthday , and he died on the 23rd of April , 1616. His father was John Shake- speare , a glover in Henley Street , and probably the son of Richard Shakespeare , farmer , at Snitterfield . John Shakespeare was living in ...
... died on his birthday , and he died on the 23rd of April , 1616. His father was John Shake- speare , a glover in Henley Street , and probably the son of Richard Shakespeare , farmer , at Snitterfield . John Shakespeare was living in ...
Page 542
... died in 1667 . “ Francis Quarles ( § 28 ) produced in 1632 Divine Fancies , Digested into Epigrammes , Meditations , and Observations ; and the quaintest and most popular of his books of verse , Emblems Divine and Moral , appeared in ...
... died in 1667 . “ Francis Quarles ( § 28 ) produced in 1632 Divine Fancies , Digested into Epigrammes , Meditations , and Observations ; and the quaintest and most popular of his books of verse , Emblems Divine and Moral , appeared in ...
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... died on the 1st of August ; so the Hanoverian became King George I. CHAPTER XII . FROM ANNE TO VICTORIA . 1. AT the beginning of the reign of George I. ( 1714-1727 ) the oldest living writer was Thomas d'Urfey ( ch . x . § 26 ) , aged ...
... died on the 1st of August ; so the Hanoverian became King George I. CHAPTER XII . FROM ANNE TO VICTORIA . 1. AT the beginning of the reign of George I. ( 1714-1727 ) the oldest living writer was Thomas d'Urfey ( ch . x . § 26 ) , aged ...
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