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Political Portraits in this New Era: With Explanatory Notes, Historical and ... - Page 111
by William Playfair - 1814
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 3; Volume 79

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...treacherous friends and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, sin to come within the walls of our churches. The...heathentemple, or of meat offered to idols, nor t ? " — " Sir, you have the advantage of me " — " Mr. Such-a-one " — " I beg a thousand pardons...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...friends and open enemies, — that it was, indeed, a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had...other, and were obliged to ask, — "Sir, your name?" — "Sir, you have the advantage of me." — "Mr. Sucha-onc." — "I beg a thousand pardons." — I...
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Typical selections from the best English authors, with ..., Volume 2

English authors - 1876 - 504 pages
...treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had...each other, and were obliged to ask, ' Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage of me — Mr. Such-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons — ' I venture...
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The treasury of British eloquence, compiled by R. Cochrane

Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curioun show, but utterly unsafe to touch, 'a ; DN M S bϋ ˖ / D ʟ *N3Y 2I { y y V_...Pa sņ mg Y zp lL9 ai Sd A7 9 " S]Q p ƈ | a ;Y {UO b R f Sir, you have the advantage of me — Mr Such-a-oue — I beg a thousand pardons." I venture to say,...
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The Treasury of British Eloquence: Specimens of Brilliant Orations by the ...

Robert Cochrane - Orators - 1877 - 560 pages
...treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, r x , w , w , ? Sir, yon have the advantage of me — Mr Sueh-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons." I venture to say,...
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Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the ..., Volume 2

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 660 pages
...composed of friends of the king, but the " colleagues whom he assorted at the same boards," wrote Burke, " stared at each other and were obliged to ask, ' Sir, your name ? Sir, you have the advantage of me ; Mr. Such-a-one, I beg a thousand pardons/ I venture to say that...
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Burke, Select Works, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1883 - 396 pages
...treacherous friends and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious shew ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had...other, and were obliged to ask, ' Sir, your name'? — 'Sir, you have the advantage of me' — 'Mr. Such-a-one' — 'I beg a thousand pardons — ' I...
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English party leaders and English parties, from Walpole to Peel, Volume 1

William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1878 - 516 pages
...treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same board stared at each other and were obliged to ask — Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage...
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English Party Leaders and English Parties: Sir Robert Walpole. William Pitt ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 518 pages
...treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same board stared at each other and were obliged to ask — Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage...
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Sir Robert Walpole. William Pitt, earl of Chatham. Edmund Burke. Charles ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1878 - 514 pages
...utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same board stared at each other and were obliged to ask — Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage of me, — Mr. Such-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons. I venture...
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