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Сторінка 124
There is nothing extraordinary has occurred here . Your daughter Betty was very
well yesterday : I made her be brought out as I rode by . I have been much on
horseback to prepare for my journey , for which I expect orders on Monday next
out ...
There is nothing extraordinary has occurred here . Your daughter Betty was very
well yesterday : I made her be brought out as I rode by . I have been much on
horseback to prepare for my journey , for which I expect orders on Monday next
out ...
Сторінка 150
... which the parliament has from “ time to time thought fit to inflict : but , Sir , “ let
us not pursue Roman - catholics with the “ spirit of Roman - catholics , but act
towards « them with the temper of our own religion . “ If we do so , we shall not
expect ...
... which the parliament has from “ time to time thought fit to inflict : but , Sir , “ let
us not pursue Roman - catholics with the “ spirit of Roman - catholics , but act
towards « them with the temper of our own religion . “ If we do so , we shall not
expect ...
Сторінка 164
DEAR PRUE , May 22 , 1717 . HAVE yours of the 18th , and am always pleased
when I see any thing under your fair hand : but , by the way , I expect the sheet of
paper I send to you sent up to me in the next letter , and not such scandalous half
...
DEAR PRUE , May 22 , 1717 . HAVE yours of the 18th , and am always pleased
when I see any thing under your fair hand : but , by the way , I expect the sheet of
paper I send to you sent up to me in the next letter , and not such scandalous half
...
Сторінка 364
He said , “ he would , and wholly upon my ac“ count : that he would appoint you a
day to “ see him : that he would not expect you should “ quit any friend or
principle . ” Some days after , he told me , “ he had appointed you a day , " and
you had ...
He said , “ he would , and wholly upon my ac“ count : that he would appoint you a
day to “ see him : that he would not expect you should “ quit any friend or
principle . ” Some days after , he told me , “ he had appointed you a day , " and
you had ...
Сторінка 417
therefore , expect for ever to be doing laudable things , and for ever to escape
applause . It is in vain , you find , that you have always concealed greater
excellencies than others industriously present to view ; for the world will know
that your ...
therefore , expect for ever to be doing laudable things , and for ever to escape
applause . It is in vain , you find , that you have always concealed greater
excellencies than others industriously present to view ; for the world will know
that your ...
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