Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square., 1825 |
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... , whose speculative skill Is hasty credit , and a distant bill ; Who nurs'd in clubs , disdains a vulgar trade , Exults to trust , and blushes to be paid . " CHAP . VI . 1779 . CHAP . VI . 1780 . Not in contentious heat 299.
... , whose speculative skill Is hasty credit , and a distant bill ; Who nurs'd in clubs , disdains a vulgar trade , Exults to trust , and blushes to be paid . " CHAP . VI . 1779 . CHAP . VI . 1780 . Not in contentious heat 299.
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