The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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... believe the world , ' -and dismissed the sycophant without his errand . I shall mention one more case , where , by a very courtly evasion , he parried the solicitation of his captain of the guard , who had been cashiered , and was ...
... believe the world , ' -and dismissed the sycophant without his errand . I shall mention one more case , where , by a very courtly evasion , he parried the solicitation of his captain of the guard , who had been cashiered , and was ...
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... believe he would have done in his last mo- ments if he could , and even before his last moments if he dared ; but the shock , which such a revolution might possibly have occasioned , alarmed his fears , and he was too tenacious of power ...
... believe he would have done in his last mo- ments if he could , and even before his last moments if he dared ; but the shock , which such a revolution might possibly have occasioned , alarmed his fears , and he was too tenacious of power ...
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... believe that the repugnance with which Tiberius took the charge of the government upon him , was wholly feigned , though historians agree in giving it that turn ; his long and voluntary exile in the island of Rhodes , where he seemed ...
... believe that the repugnance with which Tiberius took the charge of the government upon him , was wholly feigned , though historians agree in giving it that turn ; his long and voluntary exile in the island of Rhodes , where he seemed ...
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... believe he enjoyed little other pleasure in the possession of his house , besides this of shewing it ; but it happened to my host , as it does too fre- quently to the owners of fine places , that he missed the tribute of flattery by too ...
... believe he enjoyed little other pleasure in the possession of his house , besides this of shewing it ; but it happened to my host , as it does too fre- quently to the owners of fine places , that he missed the tribute of flattery by too ...
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... believe , that he would be wantonly guilty , was he only convinced , that when death shall come to the door , he must be obliged to admit him for if this be so , and if admission may not be denied , then hath death a kind of visitorial ...
... believe , that he would be wantonly guilty , was he only convinced , that when death shall come to the door , he must be obliged to admit him for if this be so , and if admission may not be denied , then hath death a kind of visitorial ...
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