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For Burnet , in refusing to him the praise of clemency and forgiveness , seems to
be perfectly justifiable ; nor is it conceivable upon what pretence his partizans
have taken this ground of panegyric . I doubt whether a single instance can be ...
For Burnet , in refusing to him the praise of clemency and forgiveness , seems to
be perfectly justifiable ; nor is it conceivable upon what pretence his partizans
have taken this ground of panegyric . I doubt whether a single instance can be ...
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... at Witham , in Middlesex . The accounts which have been given of the
extraordinary quickness of his parts , even in childhood — such as that he spoke
Latin fluently when five years old are somewhat contradictory ; but still there
seems little ...
... at Witham , in Middlesex . The accounts which have been given of the
extraordinary quickness of his parts , even in childhood — such as that he spoke
Latin fluently when five years old are somewhat contradictory ; but still there
seems little ...
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Its wit , plentiful as it is , is at the same time all of so unique a description as to
seem ever new . ... but in which Butler seems to have revelled till he had sucked
its substance , and imbued himself all over wi : h the very spirit that rose from it .
Its wit , plentiful as it is , is at the same time all of so unique a description as to
seem ever new . ... but in which Butler seems to have revelled till he had sucked
its substance , and imbued himself all over wi : h the very spirit that rose from it .
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| Title | A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 3 A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, George Godfrey Cunningham |
| Editor | George Godfrey Cunningham |
| Publisher | A. Fullarton, 1855 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2009 |
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