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... attempt the majestic task reserved for the future historian , that of a captive king defending the remnants of an ... attempted , until that which preceded his death ; the keepers having redoubled their vigilance , Clery not being ...
... attempt the majestic task reserved for the future historian , that of a captive king defending the remnants of an ... attempted , until that which preceded his death ; the keepers having redoubled their vigilance , Clery not being ...
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... attempted to renew our conversation , but it was all in vain , the hope of seeing again , and embracing his family ... attempts ought not to be made without the support of one hundred thousand men , and one hundred millions of money ...
... attempted to renew our conversation , but it was all in vain , the hope of seeing again , and embracing his family ... attempts ought not to be made without the support of one hundred thousand men , and one hundred millions of money ...
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... attempting to ward the blow . Dum . But , sir , I offer him the means to do it . Mal . Can you intrust me with the secret ? Dum . Sir , it is but too plainly demonstrated , that the weakness of the king , which plunged him into the ...
... attempting to ward the blow . Dum . But , sir , I offer him the means to do it . Mal . Can you intrust me with the secret ? Dum . Sir , it is but too plainly demonstrated , that the weakness of the king , which plunged him into the ...
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... attempted to stimulate my curiosity respecting the name of the person , who sent him ; I should have been glad to have known him , but I refrained from asking . I am going to the Temple , and I am afraid that I may have injured the king ...
... attempted to stimulate my curiosity respecting the name of the person , who sent him ; I should have been glad to have known him , but I refrained from asking . I am going to the Temple , and I am afraid that I may have injured the king ...
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... of an antichamber , to secure the privilege of writing or re- ceiving a letter . How low the communes appear in the exercise of their cruelty ! in attempting to revile the king , they demean themselves ! He is pitied 36 THE MAGDALEN.
... of an antichamber , to secure the privilege of writing or re- ceiving a letter . How low the communes appear in the exercise of their cruelty ! in attempting to revile the king , they demean themselves ! He is pitied 36 THE MAGDALEN.
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Page 1 - Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow; A blow, which, while it executes, alarms; And startles thousands with a single fall.
Page 121 - He deprecates those murmurs of surprise or displeasure, which his discourse evidently called forth more than once, 4 though not so much on his own account as on that of the dikasts, who will be benefited by hearing him, and who will hurt themselves and their city much more than him, if they should now pronounce condemnation.
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