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Page 353
... favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have no dealings with mankind , in which he could not be just ; and he ... favour . Whatever quarrel a few sour 83 N SMITH 353.
... favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have no dealings with mankind , in which he could not be just ; and he ... favour . Whatever quarrel a few sour 83 N SMITH 353.
Page 373
... favour . Thus far he suffered interest or obedience to carry him ; but further he refused to go . When he found that the powers of the ecclesiastical commission were to be exercised against those who had refused the Declaration , he ...
... favour . Thus far he suffered interest or obedience to carry him ; but further he refused to go . When he found that the powers of the ecclesiastical commission were to be exercised against those who had refused the Declaration , he ...
Page 378
... favour , he contrived to obtain a writ for summoning the electoral prince to parliament as duke of Cambridge . At the queen's death he was appointed one of the regents ; and at the accession of George the First was made earl of Halifax ...
... favour , he contrived to obtain a writ for summoning the electoral prince to parliament as duke of Cambridge . At the queen's death he was appointed one of the regents ; and at the accession of George the First was made earl of Halifax ...
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