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Page 128
... contempt , though in their cooler moments they want neither sense of their kindness nor rever- ence for their virtue . The fault therefore of Mr. Savage was rather negligence than ingratitude : but Sir Richard must likewise be acquitted ...
... contempt , though in their cooler moments they want neither sense of their kindness nor rever- ence for their virtue . The fault therefore of Mr. Savage was rather negligence than ingratitude : but Sir Richard must likewise be acquitted ...
Page 167
... contempt which they had suffered ; and they who had received favours from him - for of such favours as he could bestow he was very liberal - did not always remem- ber them . So much more certain are the effects of resentment than of ...
... contempt which they had suffered ; and they who had received favours from him - for of such favours as he could bestow he was very liberal - did not always remem- ber them . So much more certain are the effects of resentment than of ...
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... contempt which it drew upon him . He com- plained that as his affairs grew desperate , he found his reputation for capacity visibly decline ; that his opinion in questions of criticism was no longer re- garded when his coat was out of ...
... contempt which it drew upon him . He com- plained that as his affairs grew desperate , he found his reputation for capacity visibly decline ; that his opinion in questions of criticism was no longer re- garded when his coat was out of ...
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