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... hope that , during the recess , the favourite or his master might contrive some expedient to delay or defeat investigation ; and that time might mitigate the displeasure which , in both Houses , seemed strong against the chan- cellor ...
... hope that , during the recess , the favourite or his master might contrive some expedient to delay or defeat investigation ; and that time might mitigate the displeasure which , in both Houses , seemed strong against the chan- cellor ...
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... hope is gathered ; so as | all our hope is to be bestowed upon the heavenly when it comes the grace of it is gone , and it seems life to come : but here on earth the purer our sense used , and therefore sooner draweth on satiety ; is ...
... hope is gathered ; so as | all our hope is to be bestowed upon the heavenly when it comes the grace of it is gone , and it seems life to come : but here on earth the purer our sense used , and therefore sooner draweth on satiety ; is ...
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... hope ; but , above all , the most certain hope is from the errors of the time past . And ( as some one said of the maladministration of civil govern- ment ) that may be the best for the future , which is the worst on looking to the past ...
... hope ; but , above all , the most certain hope is from the errors of the time past . And ( as some one said of the maladministration of civil govern- ment ) that may be the best for the future , which is the worst on looking to the past ...
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2 ix | xlix |
From the publication of the Wisdom of the | lviii |
ESSAYS | lxix |
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