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" Lord Warwick was a young man of very irregular life, and perhaps of loose opinions. Addison, for whom he did not want respect, had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however,... "
Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage - Page 117
by Samuel Johnson - 1905
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...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expoftulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...directed the young lord to be called ; and when he defired, with great tendernefs, to hear his laft injunctions, told him, / have fent for you that you...
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...him ; but his arguments and expoftulations had no effect : one experiment, however, re* mained mained to be tried. When he found his life near its end, he directed the young lord to>be called ; and when he defired, with great tendernefs, to hear his laft injunctions, told him,...
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...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him; but his arguments and expoftulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...directed the young lord to be called ; and when he defircd, with great tendernefs, to hear his laft injunctions, told him, *' I have fent for you, that...
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Biography - 1793 - 412 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expoftulations had no efteft ; one experiment, however, remained to be tried. When he found his life near it's end, he direded the young lord to be called ; and when he defired, with great tendernefs, to hear...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

Biography - 1798 - 666 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to rfd.iim him ; but bis arguments and expoftulations had no effect 3 one experiment, however, remained to be tried. When he found his life near its end, he direfted the young lord to be called j and, when he defired, with great tendernefs, to hear his laft...
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A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

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...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulation» had no efFeñj one experiment, however, remained to be tried. When he found his life near lonians into tliï northern rw ••« of England, then under the Romsfl government. Adrian wailfkrwiie...
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...arguments and expostulations kad no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when he Tound his life near its end, he directed the young lord to be called j and wtwn tie desired, with great tenderness, to .hear his last injunctions, told Jiim, "I have sent...
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...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expoftulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...directed the young lord to be called ; and when he defired, with great tendernefs, to hear his laft injunctions, told him, '' I have fent for you, that...
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...very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his argu-r ments and expoftulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...directed the young lord to be called ; and when he defired, with great tendernefs, to hear his laft injunctions, told him, " I have fent for you, that...
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