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Writill lutarch;
BIOGRAPHICAL ENTERTAINER .
Being a SELECT COLLECTION

The LIVES at large
Of the moft EMINENT MEN,
Natives of Great Britain and Ireland;
From the Reign of HENRY VIII.to GEORGE I.

Both inclusive:
Whether distinguished as
Statesmen.T Warriors, T Poets
Patriots, Divines, Philofophers.
Adorned with COPPER PLATES.

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Authority,
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BRITISH PLUTARCH.

THE LIFE OF

JOHN CHURCHILL.

O'H'N CHURCHILL, duke of

Marlborough, and prince of the holy Roman empire, was eldest son of fir Winiton Churchill, and born at Afhe, in Devon.

shire, on Midsummer-day, in the year 1650.

A clergyman in the neighbourhood inftru&ted him in the first principles of literature ; but his father having other views than what a learned education afforded, carried him very carly to court, where he was partícalarly faVOL, IX.

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