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Page 81
... endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke , by cutting the maid . on the head , but was afterwards taken in a court . There was some difference in their depositions : one did not see Savage give the wound , another saw it given ...
... endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke , by cutting the maid . on the head , but was afterwards taken in a court . There was some difference in their depositions : one did not see Savage give the wound , another saw it given ...
Page 82
... endeavoured to escape , he declared that it was not his design to fly from justice , or decline a trial , but to avoid the expenses and severities of a prison ; and that he intended to have appeared at the bar without compulsion . This ...
... endeavoured to escape , he declared that it was not his design to fly from justice , or decline a trial , but to avoid the expenses and severities of a prison ; and that he intended to have appeared at the bar without compulsion . This ...
Page 87
... endeavoured to soothe them by sympathy and tenderness . But when his heart was not softened by the sight of misery , he was sometimes obstinate in his resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always ...
... endeavoured to soothe them by sympathy and tenderness . But when his heart was not softened by the sight of misery , he was sometimes obstinate in his resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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