The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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... book has indeed been prepared for the parlour table , and is likely to afford amusement , in the intervals of business , to a class of readers who would never think of looking at many of the originals from which iv PREFACE .
... book has indeed been prepared for the parlour table , and is likely to afford amusement , in the intervals of business , to a class of readers who would never think of looking at many of the originals from which iv PREFACE .
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... never fail , when shewn in their true colours , to excite aversion and detesta- tion . " It is , however , by no means clear that eloquence , or at least that noble and commanding species of it which we at present consider , is equally ...
... never fail , when shewn in their true colours , to excite aversion and detesta- tion . " It is , however , by no means clear that eloquence , or at least that noble and commanding species of it which we at present consider , is equally ...
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... never taken , what is Kildare to blame more than Ossory , who , not- withstanding his high promises , and having now the king's power , you see , takes his own time to bring him in ? Cannot the Earl of Desmond stir , but I must ad- vise ...
... never taken , what is Kildare to blame more than Ossory , who , not- withstanding his high promises , and having now the king's power , you see , takes his own time to bring him in ? Cannot the Earl of Desmond stir , but I must ad- vise ...
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... never saw in them integrity enough to make me stake on their si- lence the life of a hound , far less my own . I doubt . not , if your honours examine them apart , you will find that they are the tools of others , suborned to say ...
... never saw in them integrity enough to make me stake on their si- lence the life of a hound , far less my own . I doubt . not , if your honours examine them apart , you will find that they are the tools of others , suborned to say ...
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... never fails to awaken . You will find a very splendid specimen of this species of ora- tory , which might , I think , be described as the stat- mentative ( if we may coin such a term , ) in Mr Burke's speech on Mr Fox's East India Bill ...
... never fails to awaken . You will find a very splendid specimen of this species of ora- tory , which might , I think , be described as the stat- mentative ( if we may coin such a term , ) in Mr Burke's speech on Mr Fox's East India Bill ...
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