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Page 6
... friends , and stopped both ears and eyes in the business ; and that , when you did make a show of hunting him out , he was always beforehand , and gone . Surely , my lord , this juggling little became an honest man called to such honour ...
... friends , and stopped both ears and eyes in the business ; and that , when you did make a show of hunting him out , he was always beforehand , and gone . Surely , my lord , this juggling little became an honest man called to such honour ...
Page 7
... friends of the earl ; and knowing the acrimony of the cardinal's taunts , which they were themselves often obliged to endure , interfered , and entreated that the charges might be discussed one by one . Wolsey assenting to this ...
... friends of the earl ; and knowing the acrimony of the cardinal's taunts , which they were themselves often obliged to endure , interfered , and entreated that the charges might be discussed one by one . Wolsey assenting to this ...
Page 8
... friends are ready to be sifted . Of my cousin Desmond they may lie loudly ; for no man here can contradict them . But as to myself , I never saw in them integrity enough to make me stake on their si- lence the life of a hound , far less ...
... friends are ready to be sifted . Of my cousin Desmond they may lie loudly ; for no man here can contradict them . But as to myself , I never saw in them integrity enough to make me stake on their si- lence the life of a hound , far less ...
Page 11
... order is reversed . The Tartar invasion was mischievous ; but it is our protection that destroys India . It was their en- mity , but it is our friendship . Our conquest there , after twenty years , is as crude as it was ELOQUENCE . 11.
... order is reversed . The Tartar invasion was mischievous ; but it is our protection that destroys India . It was their en- mity , but it is our friendship . Our conquest there , after twenty years , is as crude as it was ELOQUENCE . 11.
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... friend , of whose fate they were ignorant , and whom they believed to be lost in the crowd . The people pressed along the streets , which could no more be recognised but by long lines of ruins . " All the calamities experienced in the ...
... friend , of whose fate they were ignorant , and whom they believed to be lost in the crowd . The people pressed along the streets , which could no more be recognised but by long lines of ruins . " All the calamities experienced in the ...
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