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The Antiquities of Berkshire. With a Large Appendix of Many Valuable ... - Page vii
by Elias Ashmole - 1723
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The Lives of Those Eminent Antiquaries Elias Ashmole, Esquire, and Mr ...

Elias Ashmole - Antiquarians - 1774 - 422 pages
...the condition I always defired, which was, that I might be enabled to live to myfelf and ftudies ; without being forced to take pains for a livelihood...am thus retired, according to my heart's defire, I bdeech God to1 blefs me in my retirement, and to profper my ftudies, that I may faithfully and diligently...
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Walks in Oxford. 2 vols. [in 1].

W M. Wade - 1817 - 662 pages
...he was " now placed in the condi" tion, which he always desired, of being able to '* live to himself and studies, without being forced " to take pains for a livelihood in the world V' he •i Vide Ashmole's MS. Diary, preserved among liu papers in the Museum. withdrew from public...
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Walks in Oxford;: Comprising an Original, Historical, and ..., Volume 1

W. M. Wade - Oxford (England) - 1818 - 524 pages
...he was " now placed in the condi" tion, which he always desired, of being able to " live to himself and studies, without being forced " to take pains for a livelihood in the world 1," he withdrew from public affairs, and, during the latter part of his life, devoted himself chiefly...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 2

Great Britain - 1885 - 480 pages
...now placed in the condition I had always desired, which was that I might be enabled to live to myself and studies without being forced to take pains for a livelihood in the world.' This did not, however, prevent his seeking to improve his fortunes still further by marriage with a...
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Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire ..., Volume 50

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - Cheshire (England) - 1900 - 390 pages
...now placed in the Condition I always desired, which was, That I might be enabled to live to myself and Studies ; without being forced to take Pains for a Livelihood in the World : And seeing I am thus retired, according to my Heart's Desire, I beseech God lo bless me in my Retirement,...
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The Diary and Will of Elias Ashmole, Issue 2

Elias Ashmole - 1927 - 214 pages
...now placed in the condition I always desired, which was, that I might be enabled to live to my self and studies, without being forced to take pains for a livelihood in the world : and seeing I am thus retired, according to my heart's desire, I beseech God to bless me in my retirement,...
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The Fated Sky: Astrology in History

Benson Bobrick - History - 2006 - 385 pages
...condition I had always desired, which was that I The Fated Sky * 221 might be enabled to live to myself and studies without being forced to take pains for a livelihood in the world." However, several things had to fall into place for this to work out. He considered three possible times...
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A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry

Arthur Edward Waite - History - 2013 - 509 pages
...entered into that condition to which he had aspired always : " That I might be able to Eve to myself and studies, without being forced to take pains for a livelihood in the world." The admissions of October 16, 1646, are not required to prove the practice of initiating men of other...
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Dictionary of national biography, ed. by L. Stephen (and S. Lee ..., Volume 2

Dictionary - 1885 - 472 pages
...now placed in the condition I had always desired, which was that I might be enabled to live to myself and studies without being forced to take pains for a livelihood in the world.' This did not, however, prevent his seeking to improve his fortunes still further by marriage with a...
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