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... mind finks under them in paffive helpleffhefs , content with calm belief and humble adoration . " ART . II . E. The Secret Hiftory of the Court and Reign of Charles the Second , by a Member of his Privy Council . To which are added ...
... mind finks under them in paffive helpleffhefs , content with calm belief and humble adoration . " ART . II . E. The Secret Hiftory of the Court and Reign of Charles the Second , by a Member of his Privy Council . To which are added ...
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... mind ex- haufted in ufelefs ftruggles , the funk into the oppofite extreme of condefcenfion and meannefs . She not only admitted the lady to be of her bedchamber , and used her kindly in private , but was familiar and merry with her in ...
... mind ex- haufted in ufelefs ftruggles , the funk into the oppofite extreme of condefcenfion and meannefs . She not only admitted the lady to be of her bedchamber , and used her kindly in private , but was familiar and merry with her in ...
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... mind , to oppofe the ambition and humble the pride of that monarch . If this refolution was an evidence of his cou- rage and patriotifm , fo the meafures by which he endeavoured to carry it into effect , afforded a ftriking example of ...
... mind , to oppofe the ambition and humble the pride of that monarch . If this refolution was an evidence of his cou- rage and patriotifm , fo the meafures by which he endeavoured to carry it into effect , afforded a ftriking example of ...
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... mind to acquiefce , without waiting for proof , in the groundlefs calum- nies , which have been levelled against immaculate characters . In order to form an impartial judgment of the state of politics , and of * See Rev. vol . lii ...
... mind to acquiefce , without waiting for proof , in the groundlefs calum- nies , which have been levelled against immaculate characters . In order to form an impartial judgment of the state of politics , and of * See Rev. vol . lii ...
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... mind for giving more eafy credit to his treachery to William ; though the evidence of it had not been fo accumulated and powerful as to overcome the most inveterate fcepticifm . Ad . & c . " Macpherson's State Papers , 1693. To the fame ...
... mind for giving more eafy credit to his treachery to William ; though the evidence of it had not been fo accumulated and powerful as to overcome the most inveterate fcepticifm . Ad . & c . " Macpherson's State Papers , 1693. To the fame ...
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