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... faid . He started from his chair , and eagerly feizing my hand , exclaimed , " And was there ever a pof- fibility they could be mine ! " This reply embarrailed me greatly ; I was all confufion and hurry , when my Lord entered . Nothing ...
... faid . He started from his chair , and eagerly feizing my hand , exclaimed , " And was there ever a pof- fibility they could be mine ! " This reply embarrailed me greatly ; I was all confufion and hurry , when my Lord entered . Nothing ...
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... faid , no given fum could be punishment fufficient , as the elevated rank and fituation of life he fuftained fhould the more deter him from fetting a bad example to the fubordinate claffes of fociety . " He obferved , " There were ...
... faid , no given fum could be punishment fufficient , as the elevated rank and fituation of life he fuftained fhould the more deter him from fetting a bad example to the fubordinate claffes of fociety . " He obferved , " There were ...
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... faid her brother would come there on that evening , and then Lady G. ran up ftairs into the drawing - room ; in about half an hour after , a gentleman came in à chair , with a double knock , the curtains of the chair were drawn very ...
... faid her brother would come there on that evening , and then Lady G. ran up ftairs into the drawing - room ; in about half an hour after , a gentleman came in à chair , with a double knock , the curtains of the chair were drawn very ...
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... faid , gen- tlemen , I hope you will not hurt me . --- --- He then attempted to go out , but Stevens called out , ftop that gentle- man . As foon as the D. had got into another room , he faid , take notice , I was not in Lady G's room ...
... faid , gen- tlemen , I hope you will not hurt me . --- --- He then attempted to go out , but Stevens called out , ftop that gentle- man . As foon as the D. had got into another room , he faid , take notice , I was not in Lady G's room ...
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... faid that at St. Al- ban's , on the 21st of December , he obferved a man in a blue coat , who was boring holes in ... faid it was his ufual cuftom to do fo ; faid that the D. was dreffed plain like a country farmer , and this witness in ...
... faid that at St. Al- ban's , on the 21st of December , he obferved a man in a blue coat , who was boring holes in ... faid it was his ufual cuftom to do fo ; faid that the D. was dreffed plain like a country farmer , and this witness in ...
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Page 216 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 265 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 203 - ... and execution, for which they are very unfit, but the checks of government really in the hands of the governed. For these purposes, if it were possible to suppose that the great enemy of mankind could be rendered instrumental to their happiness, so far the devil himself should be supported by the people.
Page 115 - Journal, was this day apprehended -and brought before me, one of his majefty's juftices of the peace for the city of London, by Edward Twine Carpenter, of HofierJane, London, printer. . JOHN WILKES, Alderman.
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Page 241 - After this, finding he could take no advantage against me, then in a treacherous way he resolved to assassinate me in this manner: hearing I was to come to Whitehall on horseback with two...
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Page 151 - ... to command for the public good, however dangerous, difficult, or defperate." The queftion was then put, " That «' James Eyre, Efq; the prefent Recorder, be no more aavifed with, retained or employed, in any of the affairs of this corporation ; he being deemed by this Court unworthy of their future truft or confidence.