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... soliciting flattery by public commendations , nor provoking enmity by malignant criticism , but passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoy . iment of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax ...
... soliciting flattery by public commendations , nor provoking enmity by malignant criticism , but passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoy . iment of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax ...
Page 104
... solicited reproach , and on whom the clemency of the legislature had undeservedly bestowed a fortune , which would have been very little dimi- The following protest is registered in the books of the House of Lords . Dissentient ...
... solicited reproach , and on whom the clemency of the legislature had undeservedly bestowed a fortune , which would have been very little dimi- The following protest is registered in the books of the House of Lords . Dissentient ...
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... solicited her to admit him to see her ; she avoided him with the most vigilant precaution , and ordered him to be excluded from her house , by whomsoever he might be introduced , and what reason soever he might give for entering it ...
... solicited her to admit him to see her ; she avoided him with the most vigilant precaution , and ordered him to be excluded from her house , by whomsoever he might be introduced , and what reason soever he might give for entering it ...
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... to be without any companion in so great a misfortune . " Mr. Savage had now no hopes of life , but from the mercy of the crown , which was very earnestly Mr. Savage's Life . solicited by his friends , and which , with whatever SAVAGE . 127.
... to be without any companion in so great a misfortune . " Mr. Savage had now no hopes of life , but from the mercy of the crown , which was very earnestly Mr. Savage's Life . solicited by his friends , and which , with whatever SAVAGE . 127.
Page 128
Samuel Johnson. solicited by his friends , and which , with whatever difficulty the story may obtain belief , was ... solicited for his par don , and informed of the severe treatment which he had suffered from his judge , she answered ...
Samuel Johnson. solicited by his friends , and which , with whatever difficulty the story may obtain belief , was ... solicited for his par don , and informed of the severe treatment which he had suffered from his judge , she answered ...
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