The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 172
... effect , concerning the last day of any former term , for some years backward . " The same reporter says , that except in the case of Perrin and Blake , and the case of Literary Property , there had not been from 1756 to 1776 , a final ...
... effect , concerning the last day of any former term , for some years backward . " The same reporter says , that except in the case of Perrin and Blake , and the case of Literary Property , there had not been from 1756 to 1776 , a final ...
Page 82
... may see themselves defeated of all their subtle plots and combinations , of all their wicked hopes and expectations , to render us , if their mischiefs might take effect , a people inconsiderable at home 82 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... may see themselves defeated of all their subtle plots and combinations , of all their wicked hopes and expectations , to render us , if their mischiefs might take effect , a people inconsiderable at home 82 PERCY ANECDOTES .
Page 94
... effect , " that he was very ready to receive any message from the king , but that he absolutely refused to receive any such message by meeting his grace by stealth , at his under - secretary's , in the dark ; that if the duke had ...
... effect , " that he was very ready to receive any message from the king , but that he absolutely refused to receive any such message by meeting his grace by stealth , at his under - secretary's , in the dark ; that if the duke had ...
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