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Page 6
... present situation , and makes the equity , even of a lord high chancellor , appear but a degree towards the magnanimity of a peer of Great - Britain . Forgive me , my lord , when I cannot conceal from you , that I shall never hereafter ...
... present situation , and makes the equity , even of a lord high chancellor , appear but a degree towards the magnanimity of a peer of Great - Britain . Forgive me , my lord , when I cannot conceal from you , that I shall never hereafter ...
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... present impulse , as agreeable as it is to me ; though , indeed had I any pretensions to a fame of this kind , I should , above all other themes , attempt a panegyric upon my Lord Cowper : for the only sure way to a reputation for ...
... present impulse , as agreeable as it is to me ; though , indeed had I any pretensions to a fame of this kind , I should , above all other themes , attempt a panegyric upon my Lord Cowper : for the only sure way to a reputation for ...
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... present ) it is very well known , that she is but a piece of crab tree . This artificer farther whispered in my ear , that all his courtiers and nobles were taken out of a quickset hedge net far from Islington ; and that Dr. Faustus ...
... present ) it is very well known , that she is but a piece of crab tree . This artificer farther whispered in my ear , that all his courtiers and nobles were taken out of a quickset hedge net far from Islington ; and that Dr. Faustus ...
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... present , lifted up their eyes into the vault , and I must con- fess , we did discover many traces of cordage which were interwoven in the stiffening of the drapery . A third argument was founded upon a petition of the Greenland trade ...
... present , lifted up their eyes into the vault , and I must con- fess , we did discover many traces of cordage which were interwoven in the stiffening of the drapery . A third argument was founded upon a petition of the Greenland trade ...
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... present to a widow - gentle- woman , who has five daughters , desiring she would make each of them a petticoat out of it , and send me back the remainder , which I design to cut into stomachers , caps , facings of my waistcoat - sleeves ...
... present to a widow - gentle- woman , who has five daughters , desiring she would make each of them a petticoat out of it , and send me back the remainder , which I design to cut into stomachers , caps , facings of my waistcoat - sleeves ...
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