Miscellanea from the Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham |
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... he had been a little rougher to them , than the kind of faults that had been committed , really deserv'd : A thing common enough for men to do , but not to own so easily , and make amends for , by so good natur'd an acknowledgment .
... he had been a little rougher to them , than the kind of faults that had been committed , really deserv'd : A thing common enough for men to do , but not to own so easily , and make amends for , by so good natur'd an acknowledgment .
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HE was an illustrious exception to all the common rules of Physiognomy ; for , with a most saturnine harsh sort of countenance , he was both of a merry and merciful disposition ; and in the last thirty years of his life , as fortunate ...
HE was an illustrious exception to all the common rules of Physiognomy ; for , with a most saturnine harsh sort of countenance , he was both of a merry and merciful disposition ; and in the last thirty years of his life , as fortunate ...
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... than which nothing can be more dangerous to a People's quiet , and consequently to a King's . This uncertainty was partly for want of a Statute - Law ; the Common - Law being made up of Precedents only , some good , and some ill ...
... than which nothing can be more dangerous to a People's quiet , and consequently to a King's . This uncertainty was partly for want of a Statute - Law ; the Common - Law being made up of Precedents only , some good , and some ill ...
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A SHORT LIFE OF THE DUKE | 11 |
Loves SLAVERY AND OTHER POEMS page | 27 |
ON FRIENDSHIP page | 65 |
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