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... King coolly murdering thofe fubjects who had yield- ed to the faith of a folemn treaty . " A few lines further our Author fays , " Yet notwithstanding thefe hideous pictures , Europe has ditplayed many inftances of heroifm ; and fome ...
... King coolly murdering thofe fubjects who had yield- ed to the faith of a folemn treaty . " A few lines further our Author fays , " Yet notwithstanding thefe hideous pictures , Europe has ditplayed many inftances of heroifm ; and fome ...
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... King and Queen ; as , while they exhibit a fair fpecimen of the beft ftile , they ferve to thew the fpirit of the writer . " The King poffeffing many virtues , but feeble , irrefolute , and uxorius , excited pity , and even contempt ...
... King and Queen ; as , while they exhibit a fair fpecimen of the beft ftile , they ferve to thew the fpirit of the writer . " The King poffeffing many virtues , but feeble , irrefolute , and uxorius , excited pity , and even contempt ...
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... King , treache- rous in its plan , though , probably , as to the authors of it , fuccefsful in its event , we are inclined to agree with our hiftorian , that the capital exhi . bited the fame degree of courage and refolution as it had ...
... King , treache- rous in its plan , though , probably , as to the authors of it , fuccefsful in its event , we are inclined to agree with our hiftorian , that the capital exhi . bited the fame degree of courage and refolution as it had ...
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... King he ball be . ' " Twelve thousand Ruffians had en- tered Lithuania , and fresh reinforce- ments advanced towards ... Kings who have heretofore given caufe to dread the erection of an uni- verfal monarchy , feem to have had any ...
... King he ball be . ' " Twelve thousand Ruffians had en- tered Lithuania , and fresh reinforce- ments advanced towards ... Kings who have heretofore given caufe to dread the erection of an uni- verfal monarchy , feem to have had any ...
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... King of Portugal , of whom Camoens thus exprelles his fentiments : The first , nor meanest of our Kings who bore The Lufian thunders to the Afric fhore . O'er the wild waves the victor's banner flow'd , Their filver wings a thousand ...
... King of Portugal , of whom Camoens thus exprelles his fentiments : The first , nor meanest of our Kings who bore The Lufian thunders to the Afric fhore . O'er the wild waves the victor's banner flow'd , Their filver wings a thousand ...
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