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... interest he expressed , was for the fate - not of the man - but of a certain 15007. of his effects ! As a minister , Wolsey was any thing rather than blame- less , but there is much justice in the extenuation 6 Turner's History of Henry ...
... interest he expressed , was for the fate - not of the man - but of a certain 15007. of his effects ! As a minister , Wolsey was any thing rather than blame- less , but there is much justice in the extenuation 6 Turner's History of Henry ...
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... interests of the moment : but still the fact of the private treaties is new ; and Mr. Turner may delight in the success of the researches which have evolved it . For he has accomplished the mighty discovery , that a renegade prince took ...
... interests of the moment : but still the fact of the private treaties is new ; and Mr. Turner may delight in the success of the researches which have evolved it . For he has accomplished the mighty discovery , that a renegade prince took ...
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... interest by all who admire horrific fictions . They have also this advantage over the other tales ; that they are in keeping with the general plan of the work , and with the scenery and personages amongst which the author places us ...
... interest by all who admire horrific fictions . They have also this advantage over the other tales ; that they are in keeping with the general plan of the work , and with the scenery and personages amongst which the author places us ...
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... interest and advantage . Our author posi- tively asserts , that to destroy the flotilla ( of Commodore Barney ) was the sole object of the disembarkation ; that but for the instiga- tions of Admiral Cockburn , who accompanied the army ...
... interest and advantage . Our author posi- tively asserts , that to destroy the flotilla ( of Commodore Barney ) was the sole object of the disembarkation ; that but for the instiga- tions of Admiral Cockburn , who accompanied the army ...
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... interest , they find the walls hung with the heads , or the full - length likenesses of individuals whom they never have seen , and of whose existence they never de- sire to form the most distant notion . If they do at any time stop ...
... interest , they find the walls hung with the heads , or the full - length likenesses of individuals whom they never have seen , and of whose existence they never de- sire to form the most distant notion . If they do at any time stop ...
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