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7‘ . Was originally intended for.,the army, and had a miliL'"'Y 5‘i“&3tlb“'
Hisbrother, l10weve1‘,:giving‘ up the bishoprick of Lucan,’ nea1'Rocl1ell1c1';
‘it was offered to him, though under age, if he could procure ll1S Ell Cr
from Rome. In this, however, by great hizesse, he succeeded, dece“
the Pope, whosaid of him, “ this ” oung gentleman will go Veil’ ‘‘h
by and bye, I think." . Ina‘ print ‘of him,‘by:Mello1', the famous F1 epcpc
engraver, he is represented writing ate table, with a ,cruIc1f‘lX;be 0:)
him; and in the further part. of the picture is psaj viewtofp the $1,933‘,
Rochelle, which he directed with suchtsuccess as .;to talte it; .111 SP1” 0 8
large fleet of English ships that werelying off.the port. . ' V ut
He was extremely hypochondrical, and had’ always :1 physxcianxa '06’;
his person, who used to say honestly to him, “ My, drugs 03“ do 30
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eminence‘ no good-we must call in‘ Boisrobert ;j a man at that tune
great pleasantry and humour, and who excellctlin telling stoxiei, (I:
which he was so fond; that when he thought the [company P1'95F". R
large enough to animate him, hefused. to desire the servants lnlght be i
called in to increase the number of his hearers.
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Mn. POPE ’
9 Is ‘said to have received two thousand pounds for the.suppr.ess.1on,9
- ‘Atossa, from the Dutchess of Marlborough, whose character it 15,531
to have been. '
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Could, it seems, never salute with grace at the headiof l1;iS,T3E5“.nFnt'
It appears strange that a -man who could do greater‘ things .50 “E. ’
should fail in so trifling’ a one. The Marshal's parents welfe-5% rm :
“:“'hen he was a young man,‘that he would not have s'trength of
;stitution to bear the fatigues of the service. The method, h0“'em-.3
lihe took to undeceive them was, "to slip away one evening f1‘0‘“ 13
Etutol‘, and pass the whole night asleep upon a cannon on the 1amP3"t5
of Sedan. ‘ ' 'V ‘"
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’ A f‘,5‘‘'‘.’vY‘331‘3 551108, as a number of convicts were passiflg lfmm
‘N‘?""gi1te, handcutfed, two and two, sentenced to be sliipllcd. fr-om
England for- America, the procession advanced with great 30111.95
lkvith files before. them, p1ay'mg, tr Through the Wood, Laddie,l,3zc. 1:
gentleman Who Was a spectator, could not help exclaiming. “ Healing‘
;$%,Cl>lxy1can thefse lpoor wrctches he so joyous -on such ianptoccas-‘logea’
kt JLCI one o t re convicts, a droll fellow, oyerheamxighlie on
, Y0“3- 3)e..S0 We are, master, and if you will but come 4
with 113, you will be quite tra718po1'ted,"'& ' i ..-; .