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Page 46
... gives to us of the writer's delicacy of principle , and of the high motives which actuated his bosom . The reader , as I per- suade myself , will thank me for communi- cating it . SIR , " Besides that in sundry other re- spects 46 LIFE ...
... gives to us of the writer's delicacy of principle , and of the high motives which actuated his bosom . The reader , as I per- suade myself , will thank me for communi- cating it . SIR , " Besides that in sundry other re- spects 46 LIFE ...
Page 47
... give you account , as oft as occasion is , of this my tardie moving , ac- cording to the præcept of my conscience , which , I firmely trust , is not without God . Yet now I will not streine for any set apolo- gie , but only referre ...
... give you account , as oft as occasion is , of this my tardie moving , ac- cording to the præcept of my conscience , which , I firmely trust , is not without God . Yet now I will not streine for any set apolo- gie , but only referre ...
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... give advantage to be more fit ; for those , that were latest , lost nothing , when the maister of the vine- yard came to give each one his hire . And here I am come to a streame - head , copious enough to disburden itself like Nilus at ...
... give advantage to be more fit ; for those , that were latest , lost nothing , when the maister of the vine- yard came to give each one his hire . And here I am come to a streame - head , copious enough to disburden itself like Nilus at ...
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... give him a lineage and an empire , and to make him the hero of the most exquisite dramatic poem , which , perhaps , the genius of man has ever produced . Among the com- positions of our own country it certainly stands unrivalled for its ...
... give him a lineage and an empire , and to make him the hero of the most exquisite dramatic poem , which , perhaps , the genius of man has ever produced . Among the com- positions of our own country it certainly stands unrivalled for its ...
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... give us the most insight into the sanctuary of the writer's bosom . CAROLO DIODATO . " Quod cæteri in literis suis plerunque faciunt amici , ut uni- cam tantum salutem dicere sat habeant , tu illud jam video quid sit quod toties ...
... give us the most insight into the sanctuary of the writer's bosom . CAROLO DIODATO . " Quod cæteri in literis suis plerunque faciunt amici , ut uni- cam tantum salutem dicere sat habeant , tu illud jam video quid sit quod toties ...
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