Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries ...T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798 - Anecdotes |
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... tell you , that if he did believe it were fo ( as he does not ) , that ' 66 you have meddled with a thing which is " none of your bufinefs ; - " and fo difmiffed them . " Memoirs of the Reign of Charles the Second , by Sir Richard ...
... tell you , that if he did believe it were fo ( as he does not ) , that ' 66 you have meddled with a thing which is " none of your bufinefs ; - " and fo difmiffed them . " Memoirs of the Reign of Charles the Second , by Sir Richard ...
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... tell the King , whom " he found in the room where he had left him 66 ( where he had been ftill alone ) , than an un- " known perfon came and afked of the Land- lord , if two Frenchmen had not alighted at " his houfe that morning . The ...
... tell the King , whom " he found in the room where he had left him 66 ( where he had been ftill alone ) , than an un- " known perfon came and afked of the Land- lord , if two Frenchmen had not alighted at " his houfe that morning . The ...
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... tell them that he wanted to fpeak to them ; which being done , the King " was much furprized , but withal inclined to " fee the perfon . Fleming oppofed it , but " the King being pofitive , the person was in- " troduced , being an old ...
... tell them that he wanted to fpeak to them ; which being done , the King " was much furprized , but withal inclined to " fee the perfon . Fleming oppofed it , but " the King being pofitive , the person was in- " troduced , being an old ...
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... tell me fo " much , but affigns a very short time for the " accomplishment of his predictions , which are " no lefs than an actual irreconcileable war CC amongst them and their armies . Therefore " I am ftill upon the fame grounds I was ...
... tell me fo " much , but affigns a very short time for the " accomplishment of his predictions , which are " no lefs than an actual irreconcileable war CC amongst them and their armies . Therefore " I am ftill upon the fame grounds I was ...
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... tell what they are : and there- " fore the Judges must inform us , who only can tell who " do well and who do ill , without which how can the " good be cherifled , and the bad put out ? The good " Juftices are carefull to attend the ...
... tell what they are : and there- " fore the Judges must inform us , who only can tell who " do well and who do ill , without which how can the " good be cherifled , and the bad put out ? The good " Juftices are carefull to attend the ...
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Page 473 - His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations, and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the centre of a very great and unparalleled variety of agreeable societies, which will be dissipated by his death. He had too much merit not to excite some jealousy, too much innocence to provoke any enmity. The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow.
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Page 68 - Turks' man-of-war tacked about, and we continued our course. But when your father saw it convenient to retreat, looking upon me, he blessed himself, and snatched me up in his arms, saying, ' Good God, that love can make this change !' and though he seemingly chid me, he would laugh at it as often as he remembered that voyage.
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Page 471 - His illness was long, but borne with a mild and cheerful fortitude, without the least mixture of any thing irritable or querulous ; agreeably to the placid and even tenour of his whole life. He had, from the beginning of his malady, a distinct view of his dissolution ; and he contemplated it with that entire composure, which nothing but the innocence, integrity, and usefulness of his life, and an unaffected submission to the will of Providence, could bestow.
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