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... but compelled through necessity to seek these diversions : in which , if I be
mistaken , the pardon cannot be long in suing out , since I hope they shall not
meet with a severer judge than my self , for whose recreation alone they were
intended ...
... but compelled through necessity to seek these diversions : in which , if I be
mistaken , the pardon cannot be long in suing out , since I hope they shall not
meet with a severer judge than my self , for whose recreation alone they were
intended ...
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Walter Scott. to the fame of the dead , one of the chiefe reins of terrour and
restraint would be quite let loose to those alive ; the impartiall grave affording no
more protection to their dust , then the righteous judge doth connivance to their
sinnes .
Walter Scott. to the fame of the dead , one of the chiefe reins of terrour and
restraint would be quite let loose to those alive ; the impartiall grave affording no
more protection to their dust , then the righteous judge doth connivance to their
sinnes .
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... that no absurdity lying in the way of his prosecution could deterre them from
making use of his former condemnation : Remembering , withall , how far his wit
had puzled them at Winchester , that though his judges were willing enough to .
... that no absurdity lying in the way of his prosecution could deterre them from
making use of his former condemnation : Remembering , withall , how far his wit
had puzled them at Winchester , that though his judges were willing enough to .
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From whence we may judge at the originall , no lesse than validity , of divers at
this day current amongst us ; such false coyne being in some judgments
absolved from all tincture of corruption due to deceit , by the profit and reverence
they ...
From whence we may judge at the originall , no lesse than validity , of divers at
this day current amongst us ; such false coyne being in some judgments
absolved from all tincture of corruption due to deceit , by the profit and reverence
they ...
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a sword by his side ; ' how sutable to his age , calling , or person , I leave to
others to judge from his pictures , he owning a countenance not in the least
regard semblable to any my eyes ever met with , besides an host dwelling in
Anthill ...
a sword by his side ; ' how sutable to his age , calling , or person , I leave to
others to judge from his pictures , he owning a countenance not in the least
regard semblable to any my eyes ever met with , besides an host dwelling in
Anthill ...
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| Title | Some traditionall memorialls on the reign of Queene Elizabeth [by Francis Osborne Volume 1 of Secret History of the Court of James the First, Sir Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | J. Ballantyne, 1811 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Oct 2007 |
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