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Of a wonderful mixture ; losing all his time , and , till of late , setting his whole
heart on the fair sex . In the midst of all his remissness , so industrious and
indefatigable on some particular occasions , that no man would either toil longer ,
or be ...
Of a wonderful mixture ; losing all his time , and , till of late , setting his whole
heart on the fair sex . In the midst of all his remissness , so industrious and
indefatigable on some particular occasions , that no man would either toil longer ,
or be ...
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... forfeited by the attainder of Sir John Danvers , one of the late king ' s judges .
We are not to wonder then that the cavaliers complained highly of their being
neglected , as Burnet assures us they did : or that , upon Clarendon ' s beating
down ...
... forfeited by the attainder of Sir John Danvers , one of the late king ' s judges .
We are not to wonder then that the cavaliers complained highly of their being
neglected , as Burnet assures us they did : or that , upon Clarendon ' s beating
down ...
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This indictment , it is evident , was fitted for almost every person concerned in the
government from the death of the late king , whose death is not laid to Sir Henry '
s charge , though it was the alone crime which his present majesty ...
This indictment , it is evident , was fitted for almost every person concerned in the
government from the death of the late king , whose death is not laid to Sir Henry '
s charge , though it was the alone crime which his present majesty ...
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Julius Cæsar , " continues the illustrious writer , “ whom they styled at Rome the
husband of all their wives , and the wife of all their husbands : Lewis XIV , who
was a great lover of women : the late Augustus , king of Poland , who enjoyed
them ...
Julius Cæsar , " continues the illustrious writer , “ whom they styled at Rome the
husband of all their wives , and the wife of all their husbands : Lewis XIV , who
was a great lover of women : the late Augustus , king of Poland , who enjoyed
them ...
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But the late lord Orrery has observed , “ that our historians have represented him
as a good - natured man ; ignorantly , or rather wilfully , mistaking good - humour
and affability for tenderness and good - nature : neither of which last , " adds he ...
But the late lord Orrery has observed , “ that our historians have represented him
as a good - natured man ; ignorantly , or rather wilfully , mistaking good - humour
and affability for tenderness and good - nature : neither of which last , " adds he ...
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| Title | An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. and Charles I. and of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II...: From Original Writers and State-papers, Volume 5 An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. and Charles I. and of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II ... From Original Writers and State-papers, William Harris |
| Author | William Harris |
| Publisher | F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2009 |
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