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Page 25
... soliciting flattery by public commendations , nor provoking enmity by malignant criticism , but passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoyment of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he ...
... soliciting flattery by public commendations , nor provoking enmity by malignant criticism , but passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoyment of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he ...
Page 82
... solicited reproach , and on whom the clemency of the legislature had undeservedly bestowed a for- tune , which would have been very little diminished by the expenses which the care of her child could have brought upon her . It was ...
... solicited reproach , and on whom the clemency of the legislature had undeservedly bestowed a for- tune , which would have been very little diminished by the expenses which the care of her child could have brought upon her . It was ...
Page 86
... solicited her to ad- mit him to see her ; hse avoided him with the most vigilant precaution , and ordered him to be excluded from her house , by whomsoever he might be introduced , and what reason soever he might give for entering it ...
... solicited her to ad- mit him to see her ; hse avoided him with the most vigilant precaution , and ordered him to be excluded from her house , by whomsoever he might be introduced , and what reason soever he might give for entering it ...
Page 99
... solicited by his friends , and which , with whatever difficulty the story may obtain belief , was obstructed only by his mother . To prejudice the Queen against him , she made use of an incident , which was omitted in the order of time ...
... solicited by his friends , and which , with whatever difficulty the story may obtain belief , was obstructed only by his mother . To prejudice the Queen against him , she made use of an incident , which was omitted in the order of time ...
Page 100
... solicited for his pardon , and in- formed of the severe treatment which he had suffered from his judge , she answered , that however unjustifiable might be the manner of his trial , or whatever extenuation the action for which he was ...
... solicited for his pardon , and in- formed of the severe treatment which he had suffered from his judge , she answered , that however unjustifiable might be the manner of his trial , or whatever extenuation the action for which he was ...
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