The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... reason is clear ; An affable sweetness attends on his speech , He's willing to learn , tho ' he's able to teach . He has promis'd to love me - his word I'll believe , For his heart is too honest to let him deceive ; Then blame me ye ...
... reason is clear ; An affable sweetness attends on his speech , He's willing to learn , tho ' he's able to teach . He has promis'd to love me - his word I'll believe , For his heart is too honest to let him deceive ; Then blame me ye ...
Page 114
... reason to plume himself upon his quality . “ Titles and birth , are nothing else than vanity and folly . True merit is personal . FREDERIC . " PROMOTION . In 1781 , a striking instance occurred of the atten- tion which his majesty paid ...
... reason to plume himself upon his quality . “ Titles and birth , are nothing else than vanity and folly . True merit is personal . FREDERIC . " PROMOTION . In 1781 , a striking instance occurred of the atten- tion which his majesty paid ...
Page 31
... reason for believing , that they were brought to England in the reign of his father , who had already promoted the establishment of an extensive manufactory of tapestry at Mortlake , and munificently gave Sir Francis Crane , its ...
... reason for believing , that they were brought to England in the reign of his father , who had already promoted the establishment of an extensive manufactory of tapestry at Mortlake , and munificently gave Sir Francis Crane , its ...
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