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... hope you will contribute all you can to an extension of that mercy which the gentlemen of the jury have been pleased to show Mr. Merchant , who ( allowing facts as sworn against us by the evidence ) has led us into this our calamity . I ...
... hope you will contribute all you can to an extension of that mercy which the gentlemen of the jury have been pleased to show Mr. Merchant , who ( allowing facts as sworn against us by the evidence ) has led us into this our calamity . I ...
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... Hope , kind flatt'rer ! tun'd my pensive lay , Whisp'ring that you , who rais'd me from despair , Meant , by your smiles , to make life worth my care ; With pitying hand an orphan's tears to screen , And o'er the motherless extend the ...
... Hope , kind flatt'rer ! tun'd my pensive lay , Whisp'ring that you , who rais'd me from despair , Meant , by your smiles , to make life worth my care ; With pitying hand an orphan's tears to screen , And o'er the motherless extend the ...
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... Hope : Alas ! from the day that we met , What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid 1714-1763 THE " PASTORAL BALLAD " 325.
... Hope : Alas ! from the day that we met , What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid 1714-1763 THE " PASTORAL BALLAD " 325.
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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