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Barry's performance as Isabella, queen of Hungary, in the earl of Orrery's
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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I have been reading this afternoon Lord Orrery's definition of the male
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(_Earl of Orrery to Duke of Ormond_, Feb. 5. 1663, in _Orrery's State Letters_.)
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I have been reading this afternoon Lord Orrery's definition of the male
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His father began the world by giving his name to a treatise wrote by Atterbury and his club, which gained him great reputation; but (like Sir Martin Marall, who would fumble with his lute when the music was over) he published soon after a sad comedy of his own, and, what was worse, a dismal tragedy he had found among the first Earl of Orrery's papers.
Lady Mary Wortley Montague Melville, Lewis 1925
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Lady Mary received from her daughter a copy of Lord Orrery's
Lady Mary Wortley Montague Melville, Lewis 1925
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So much for his political reasonings, which, I confess, are delivered in a florid, easy style; but I cannot be of Lord Orrery's opinion, that he is one of the best English writers.
Lady Mary Wortley Montague Melville, Lewis 1925
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In 1754, Dr. Delany, an old friend of Swift's, wrote, in comment upon Orrery's Remarks, "Your account of his marriage is, I am satisfied, true."
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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Lord Orrery's unkind treatment of his son in his will, led us to talk of the dispositions a man should have when dying.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Orrery's promises were more lavish than his performances; and the only result of
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Henry Craik 1886
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