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... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house ? He told them that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrews- bury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them ...
... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house ? He told them that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrews- bury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them ...
Pagina 187
... present time , but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him . He had the peculiar felicity , that his attention never deserted him ; he was present to every object , and regardful of the most trifling occurrences . He ...
... present time , but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him . He had the peculiar felicity , that his attention never deserted him ; he was present to every object , and regardful of the most trifling occurrences . He ...
Pagina 367
... present of twenty guineas . I am very ready to own that the present was larger than my performance deserved ; and shall ascribe it to his generosity , or any other cause , rather than the merit of the address . ' The poem , which ...
... present of twenty guineas . I am very ready to own that the present was larger than my performance deserved ; and shall ascribe it to his generosity , or any other cause , rather than the merit of the address . ' The poem , which ...
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