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... remained till 1846 , bearing off Prince Albert's prize for modern languages , and the New- castle medal and other prizes . He entered Trinity College , Cambridge , in 1846 , took high honours , gained the chancellor's medal , and was ...
... remained till 1846 , bearing off Prince Albert's prize for modern languages , and the New- castle medal and other prizes . He entered Trinity College , Cambridge , in 1846 , took high honours , gained the chancellor's medal , and was ...
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... remained a favourite character with him . Beard stayed at Covent Garden for some years . On 19 June 1758 he is heard of at Drury Lane , playing Macheath to the Polly of Miss Macklin . On 10 Oct. 1759 he returned to Covent Garden , in ...
... remained a favourite character with him . Beard stayed at Covent Garden for some years . On 19 June 1758 he is heard of at Drury Lane , playing Macheath to the Polly of Miss Macklin . On 10 Oct. 1759 he returned to Covent Garden , in ...
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... remained unexamined for forty years , when it came into Beatniffe's hands at the commencement of the century for the small sum of 150l . or 1607. On being sold piecemeal the collection realised nine or ten times as much . Beatniffe ...
... remained unexamined for forty years , when it came into Beatniffe's hands at the commencement of the century for the small sum of 150l . or 1607. On being sold piecemeal the collection realised nine or ten times as much . Beatniffe ...
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... remained for two years at Edinburgh after taking his diploma , living chiefly ' out of his inkhorn , ' teaching , lectur- ing , translating , and conducting a small pri- vate practice . During this period he wrote ' The Lay of a ...
... remained for two years at Edinburgh after taking his diploma , living chiefly ' out of his inkhorn , ' teaching , lectur- ing , translating , and conducting a small pri- vate practice . During this period he wrote ' The Lay of a ...
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... remained her firm friend . Madden tells us that ' the very last letter , a very short time before the crash at Gore House , was one of entreaty for his exertions among the pub- lishers to procure for her " any kind of literary ...
... remained her firm friend . Madden tells us that ' the very last letter , a very short time before the crash at Gore House , was one of entreaty for his exertions among the pub- lishers to procure for her " any kind of literary ...
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