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Page 189
... effect . Portland sent ( June 29 ) a letter to the Lords , to tell them , that he is in custody , as he conceives ... effects of Mr. Waller's threats , by a long and close WALLER 189.
... effect . Portland sent ( June 29 ) a letter to the Lords , to tell them , that he is in custody , as he conceives ... effects of Mr. Waller's threats , by a long and close WALLER 189.
Page 319
... effect of diligence , and added facility to exactness . Rhyme has been so long banished from the theatre , that we know not its effect upon the passions of an audience ; but it has this convenience , that sentences stand more ...
... effect of diligence , and added facility to exactness . Rhyme has been so long banished from the theatre , that we know not its effect upon the passions of an audience ; but it has this convenience , that sentences stand more ...
Page 439
... effect . One experiment , how- ever , remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end , he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired , with great tenderness , to hear his last injunctions , told him , I have ...
... effect . One experiment , how- ever , remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end , he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired , with great tenderness , to hear his last injunctions , told him , I have ...
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