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... appeared at the bar without compulsion . This defence , which took up more than an hour , was heard by the multitude that thronged the court with the most atten- tive and respectful silence : those who thought he ought not to be ...
... appeared at the bar without compulsion . This defence , which took up more than an hour , was heard by the multitude that thronged the court with the most atten- tive and respectful silence : those who thought he ought not to be ...
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... appeared neither to consider himself as a murderer , nor as a man wholly free from the guilt of blood . How much and how long he regretted it , appeared in a poem which he published many years afterwards . On occasion of a copy of ...
... appeared neither to consider himself as a murderer , nor as a man wholly free from the guilt of blood . How much and how long he regretted it , appeared in a poem which he published many years afterwards . On occasion of a copy of ...
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... appeared in his conduct to the Lord Tyrconnel , from whom he very frequently demanded that the allowance which was once paid him should be restored ; but with whom he never appeared to entertain for a moment the thought of soliciting a ...
... appeared in his conduct to the Lord Tyrconnel , from whom he very frequently demanded that the allowance which was once paid him should be restored ; but with whom he never appeared to entertain for a moment the thought of soliciting a ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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