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Page 88
... the succession to the exiled members of her family , that she broke through her natural love of indolence and ease , and , by exerting herself strongly in favour of the tory party , 88 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF STEELE .
... the succession to the exiled members of her family , that she broke through her natural love of indolence and ease , and , by exerting herself strongly in favour of the tory party , 88 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF STEELE .
Page 89
Nathan Drake. exerting herself strongly in favour of the tory party , occasioned such an ebullition as nearly endangered the nation by its uncontrollable vio- lence and heat . Steele , who had studied with much accuracy the laws and ...
Nathan Drake. exerting herself strongly in favour of the tory party , occasioned such an ebullition as nearly endangered the nation by its uncontrollable vio- lence and heat . Steele , who had studied with much accuracy the laws and ...
Page 90
... favour of so much value , that , in 1710 , they made him a commissioner of the Stamp - office . Steele entered no his new employment at a period when the whig ministry , through its own indiscreet violence , was tottering to its founda ...
... favour of so much value , that , in 1710 , they made him a commissioner of the Stamp - office . Steele entered no his new employment at a period when the whig ministry , through its own indiscreet violence , was tottering to its founda ...
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... favour those who become your dependants with a greater liberality of heart than any man whom I have before observed . When I had the honour of a short conversation with your lordship , you were pleased not only to signify to me , that I ...
... favour those who become your dependants with a greater liberality of heart than any man whom I have before observed . When I had the honour of a short conversation with your lordship , you were pleased not only to signify to me , that I ...
Page 107
... favour of the exiled family . In this belief he was strengthened by some of the first characters in the kingdom , whe- ther considered in a literary or political light . Addison and Hoadley , Halifax and Somers , en- tertained similar ...
... favour of the exiled family . In this belief he was strengthened by some of the first characters in the kingdom , whe- ther considered in a literary or political light . Addison and Hoadley , Halifax and Somers , en- tertained similar ...
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