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... returned until after the accession of Elizabeth . It is probably to this period that he refers when , at a much later date , he writes that in his youth he took great pains in travelling in divers countries on foot for lack of other ...
... returned until after the accession of Elizabeth . It is probably to this period that he refers when , at a much later date , he writes that in his youth he took great pains in travelling in divers countries on foot for lack of other ...
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... returned to London , where , through the good offices of Dr. Att- wood , he became successively organist of Wandsworth parish church and St. John's , Clapham Rise . He continued occasionally to sing in public until a late period of his ...
... returned to London , where , through the good offices of Dr. Att- wood , he became successively organist of Wandsworth parish church and St. John's , Clapham Rise . He continued occasionally to sing in public until a late period of his ...
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... returned to Covent Garden , in which he had since his marriage a species of interest , and reappeared as Macheath . Polly was now played by Miss Brent , whose performance of the part was sufficiently popular to give new life to Gay's ...
... returned to Covent Garden , in which he had since his marriage a species of interest , and reappeared as Macheath . Polly was now played by Miss Brent , whose performance of the part was sufficiently popular to give new life to Gay's ...
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... returned to Aberdeen . His health having been impaired by the labour bestowed on the composition of the ' Essay on Truth , ' Beattie went for a change to London in the autumn of 1771. Here he made the acquaintance of Mrs. Montagu ...
... returned to Aberdeen . His health having been impaired by the labour bestowed on the composition of the ' Essay on Truth , ' Beattie went for a change to London in the autumn of 1771. Here he made the acquaintance of Mrs. Montagu ...
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... returned to London , was married in the autumn of 1822 , and was about to commence a medical practice at Dover when he received a summons from the Duke of Clarence ( afterwards William IV ) , to whom he had been introduced by Admiral ...
... returned to London , was married in the autumn of 1822 , and was about to commence a medical practice at Dover when he received a summons from the Duke of Clarence ( afterwards William IV ) , to whom he had been introduced by Admiral ...
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