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... letter was written for him to Sir William Leman , to prevail upon him to interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel , in which he solicited Sir William's assistance " for a man who really needed it as much as any man could well do ...
... letter was written for him to Sir William Leman , to prevail upon him to interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel , in which he solicited Sir William's assistance " for a man who really needed it as much as any man could well do ...
Page 127
... letter , which his relations would print in their own defence , and which would for ever be produced as a full answer to all that he should allege against them ; for he always intended to publish a minute account of the treatment which ...
... letter , which his relations would print in their own defence , and which would for ever be produced as a full answer to all that he should allege against them ; for he always intended to publish a minute account of the treatment which ...
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... letter is a calm and deliberate performance , in the cool of leisure , in the stillness of solitude , and surely no man sits down to depreciate by design his own character . Friendship has no tendency to secure veracity ; for by whom ...
... letter is a calm and deliberate performance , in the cool of leisure , in the stillness of solitude , and surely no man sits down to depreciate by design his own character . Friendship has no tendency to secure veracity ; for by whom ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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