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... court to receive sentence ; on which occasion Mr. Savage made , as far as it could be retained in memory , the following speech : " It is now , my Lord , too late to offer any thing by way of defence or vindication ; nor can " we expect ...
... court to receive sentence ; on which occasion Mr. Savage made , as far as it could be retained in memory , the following speech : " It is now , my Lord , too late to offer any thing by way of defence or vindication ; nor can " we expect ...
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... Court of King's Bench was therefore moved against him , and he was obliged to return an answer to a charge of obscenity . It was urged , in his defence , that obscenity was criminal when it was intended to promote the practice of vice ...
... Court of King's Bench was therefore moved against him , and he was obliged to return an answer to a charge of obscenity . It was urged , in his defence , that obscenity was criminal when it was intended to promote the practice of vice ...
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... COURT . If you can leave for books the crowded court , And gen'rous Bourdeaux for a glass of Port , To thefe fweet folitudes without delay Break from the world's impertinence away . Soon as the fun the face of Nature gilds For health ...
... COURT . If you can leave for books the crowded court , And gen'rous Bourdeaux for a glass of Port , To thefe fweet folitudes without delay Break from the world's impertinence away . Soon as the fun the face of Nature gilds For health ...
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