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... person should be admitted to see him without leave from the Speaker . " When , two years after , an Act of Grace was passed , he was excepted , and continued still in custody , which he had made less tedious by writing his " Alma . " He ...
... person should be admitted to see him without leave from the Speaker . " When , two years after , an Act of Grace was passed , he was excepted , and continued still in custody , which he had made less tedious by writing his " Alma . " He ...
Page 36
... persons were concealed under fictitious names , is not known . The hero of the club is one Mr. Johnson ; such a constellation of excellence , that his character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design nor ...
... persons were concealed under fictitious names , is not known . The hero of the club is one Mr. Johnson ; such a constellation of excellence , that his character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design nor ...
Page 38
... person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limi- tations , as its active fire is blended and allayed by different proportions of phlegm , or reduced and regulated by the con- trast ...
... person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limi- tations , as its active fire is blended and allayed by different proportions of phlegm , or reduced and regulated by the con- trast ...
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... persons of great figure and of all denominations . Violent party - men , who differed in all things besides , agreed in their turn to shew particular respect and friendship to this insolent derider of the worship of his country , till ...
... persons of great figure and of all denominations . Violent party - men , who differed in all things besides , agreed in their turn to shew particular respect and friendship to this insolent derider of the worship of his country , till ...
Page 40
... persons at once generous and unjust , impious lovers of their country and flagitious heroes , good - natured sharpers , immoral men of honour , and libertines who will sooner die than change their religion ; and though it is true that ...
... persons at once generous and unjust , impious lovers of their country and flagitious heroes , good - natured sharpers , immoral men of honour , and libertines who will sooner die than change their religion ; and though it is true that ...
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