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Page 97
... endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke by cutting the maid on the head , but was afterwards taken in a court . There was some difference in their depositions ; one did not see Savage give the wound , another saw it given when ...
... endeavoured to detain him , from whom he broke by cutting the maid on the head , but was afterwards taken in a court . There was some difference in their depositions ; one did not see Savage give the wound , another saw it given when ...
Page 103
... endeavoured to sooth them by sym- pathy and tenderness . But when his heart was not softened by the sight of misery , he was sometimes obstinate in his resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always con ...
... endeavoured to sooth them by sym- pathy and tenderness . But when his heart was not softened by the sight of misery , he was sometimes obstinate in his resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always con ...
Page 228
... endeavoured to depreciate his abilities . Burnet , who was afterwards a judge of no mean reputation , censured him , in a piece called " Homerides , " before it was published . Ducket likewise endeavoured to make him ri- diculous ...
... endeavoured to depreciate his abilities . Burnet , who was afterwards a judge of no mean reputation , censured him , in a piece called " Homerides , " before it was published . Ducket likewise endeavoured to make him ri- diculous ...
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