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... great quickness of conception , great pleasantness of wit , with great variety of
knowledge , more observation and truer judgment of men , than one would have
imagined by so careless and easy a manner as was natural to him in all he said ...
... great quickness of conception , great pleasantness of wit , with great variety of
knowledge , more observation and truer judgment of men , than one would have
imagined by so careless and easy a manner as was natural to him in all he said ...
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They were observed to be most importunate , who had deserved least , and were
least capable to perform any notable service ; and none had more esteem of
themselves ; and believed preferment to be more due to them , than a sort of men
...
They were observed to be most importunate , who had deserved least , and were
least capable to perform any notable service ; and none had more esteem of
themselves ; and believed preferment to be more due to them , than a sort of men
...
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adulteries being open , abandoned , and acencourage this unbounded liberty of
talking without the restraints of decency which were before observed . In his more
familiar conversations with the ladies , eyen they must be passive if they would ...
adulteries being open , abandoned , and acencourage this unbounded liberty of
talking without the restraints of decency which were before observed . In his more
familiar conversations with the ladies , eyen they must be passive if they would ...
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I shall only observe , that adultery is always attended with injustice . ... 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 ...
I shall only observe , that adultery is always attended with injustice . ... 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 ...
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We have , in the last note , seen how intent his majesty was on making lady
Castlemain of the queen ' s bed - chamber : we have observed that the queen ,
with spirit rejected the proposal : it remains now to show how his majesty treated
her ...
We have , in the last note , seen how intent his majesty was on making lady
Castlemain of the queen ' s bed - chamber : we have observed that the queen ,
with spirit rejected the proposal : it remains now to show how his majesty treated
her ...
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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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