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... poor Sir Francis Burdett . He has got into bad hands ; he is merely the puppet of an old intriguer . Thus will faction distort every thing , do every thing , instead of ask- ing this plain question : Is it not possible that a man of ...
... poor Sir Francis Burdett . He has got into bad hands ; he is merely the puppet of an old intriguer . Thus will faction distort every thing , do every thing , instead of ask- ing this plain question : Is it not possible that a man of ...
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... Poor . tion . Can they who are so ready W HEN I first heard of Mr. to put their hands upon every occa- Whitbread's intention of mak- sion into the private purses of the ing an alteration in the laws relating people assure us , that our ...
... Poor . tion . Can they who are so ready W HEN I first heard of Mr. to put their hands upon every occa- Whitbread's intention of mak- sion into the private purses of the ing an alteration in the laws relating people assure us , that our ...
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... poor at an early age quit the threshold of their fathers , and are sent into the world without guide or instructor to regulate their appetites , which soon grow active and vigorous ; and they every where meet with temptations inviting ...
... poor at an early age quit the threshold of their fathers , and are sent into the world without guide or instructor to regulate their appetites , which soon grow active and vigorous ; and they every where meet with temptations inviting ...
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... poor from the situation in crimination - some knowledge of which they are sunk by our own mankind - and some acquirements of misconduct , when there is no simi- study , which intitle him to their at- larity in the habits of the two na ...
... poor from the situation in crimination - some knowledge of which they are sunk by our own mankind - and some acquirements of misconduct , when there is no simi- study , which intitle him to their at- larity in the habits of the two na ...
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... poor Amelia kissed , with many " a tear , " His hand blood - stained , but ever , 66 ever dear ! " Hung on the tortur'd bosom of her " lord , " And wept and pray'd perdition from " his sword ! " Nor sought in vain ! At that heart ...
... poor Amelia kissed , with many " a tear , " His hand blood - stained , but ever , 66 ever dear ! " Hung on the tortur'd bosom of her " lord , " And wept and pray'd perdition from " his sword ! " Nor sought in vain ! At that heart ...
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Page 191 - ... will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, without any accommodation to the licentiousness and levity of the present age. I therefore look back on this part of my work with pleasure. which no [blame or praise of] man shall diminish or augment.
Page 3 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Page 30 - The seaman's cry was heard along the deep; There on his funeral waters, dark and wild, The dying father blest his darling child!
Page 36 - Who in their coaches roll along the turnpikeroad, what hard work 'tis crying all day, " Knives and Scissors to grind O!" Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives: Did some rich man tyrannically use you? Was it the 'Squire? or Parson of the Parish? Or the Attorney?
Page 87 - Stafford heirship, which became centered in lady Anastasia Stafford Howard, she was disabled by the attainder of her ancestor, the last Stafford duke of Buckingham, in the reign of king Henry the Vlllth, from possessing any of the family dignities, except the Stafford barony.
Page 326 - Madam Carter, (by which name he was accustomed to address her, and speak of her) now I have no such intention, and therefore resign her to you." Dr. Hayter, with more gallantry, bowed to her, and replied, " that he would not pay his Grace the same compliment, and that the world did him great honour by the report.
Page 276 - Dr. Porteus, late Bishop of London, in 1807, transferred stock to the amount of £1200. the interest of which is to be expended in the purchase of three gold medals, to be contended for by the students of...
Page 357 - Agent had gone) with a short note stating that the alarm was a false one, and that there was no danger at all.
Page 29 - Strongest body in england. pray dear s r write me Something of her, of my lord, and of you. direct y r letter by the penny post at m r Cavalier, Belitery Square by the R.
Page 29 - If she might have as much health as she has spirit & witt, Sure she would be the Strongest body in england. Pray dear s r write me Something of her, of my lord, and of you. direct...