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... entirely under the influence of fear , and only in as small a quantity as possible . It could only have been from his love of listening to arguments on every side of every question that he was led into correspond- X LORD MELBOURNE'S PAPERS.
... entirely under the influence of fear , and only in as small a quantity as possible . It could only have been from his love of listening to arguments on every side of every question that he was led into correspond- X LORD MELBOURNE'S PAPERS.
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... entirely from his cor- respondence ; and here , again , he is unfortunate . He was not a methodical man . He burnt many of the letters addressed to him , and he very seldom kept a copy of his own . The materials , therefore , which have ...
... entirely from his cor- respondence ; and here , again , he is unfortunate . He was not a methodical man . He burnt many of the letters addressed to him , and he very seldom kept a copy of his own . The materials , therefore , which have ...
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... entirely unfit for this age . I suppose they did this for him a little at Edinburgh last year , but , how- ever , I daresay some work is still left for London . For the company and manners of this place , I do not see much difference in ...
... entirely unfit for this age . I suppose they did this for him a little at Edinburgh last year , but , how- ever , I daresay some work is still left for London . For the company and manners of this place , I do not see much difference in ...
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... entirely upon us , and Bonaparte laid a snare for us with the utmost art , which we could not possibly escape . We have broken through the meshes in the most awkward and clumsy manner . If anything can produce any sensa- tion on this ...
... entirely upon us , and Bonaparte laid a snare for us with the utmost art , which we could not possibly escape . We have broken through the meshes in the most awkward and clumsy manner . If anything can produce any sensa- tion on this ...
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... entirely unknowing of what will become of us when it does happen , is a very curious circumstance , which , though it may have been hinted at , has never been poetically dilated and set in a full point of view before . The stanzas which ...
... entirely unknowing of what will become of us when it does happen , is a very curious circumstance , which , though it may have been hinted at , has never been poetically dilated and set in a full point of view before . The stanzas which ...
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Page 79 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.