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Page 29
... court at which he resided , to dis- genuineness , if we have been rightly informed , cover and flatter every weakness of the prince is established solely by the comparison of who governed his employers , of the favourite hands . Our ...
... court at which he resided , to dis- genuineness , if we have been rightly informed , cover and flatter every weakness of the prince is established solely by the comparison of who governed his employers , of the favourite hands . Our ...
Page 49
... court of Charles the Second . Many years later , when Whig principles were in a great mea- sure triumphant , Sprat refused to admit a mo- nument of John Philips into Westminster Ab- bey , because , in the epitaph , the name of Mil- ton ...
... court of Charles the Second . Many years later , when Whig principles were in a great mea- sure triumphant , Sprat refused to admit a mo- nument of John Philips into Westminster Ab- bey , because , in the epitaph , the name of Mil- ton ...
Page 74
... court subject to the royal prerogative . He com- plained , that in Ireland he was not permitted to meddle in cases between party and party . " I know very well , " says he , " that the common lawyers will be passionately against it ...
... court subject to the royal prerogative . He com- plained , that in Ireland he was not permitted to meddle in cases between party and party . " I know very well , " says he , " that the common lawyers will be passionately against it ...
Page 91
... court , gave addi- Episcopacy in one part of the island ; Pres- tional effect to its licentious example . We byterians cutting off the heads of popish no - look in vain for those qualities which give a blemen and gentlemen in the other ...
... court , gave addi- Episcopacy in one part of the island ; Pres- tional effect to its licentious example . We byterians cutting off the heads of popish no - look in vain for those qualities which give a blemen and gentlemen in the other ...
Page 92
... court . He is waylaid by a gang of bullies , and his nose is cut to the bone . This igno- minious dissoluteness , or rather , if we may venture to designate it by the only proper word , blackguardism of feelings and manners , could not ...
... court . He is waylaid by a gang of bullies , and his nose is cut to the bone . This igno- minious dissoluteness , or rather , if we may venture to designate it by the only proper word , blackguardism of feelings and manners , could not ...
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