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... Dec. 14th . an hour before I went to the Temple . I have often reflected with philosophers on the in- significance of sublunary enjoyments ; fed with the writings of the sublime Young , I have thought , CHURCHYARD . 15.
... Dec. 14th . an hour before I went to the Temple . I have often reflected with philosophers on the in- significance of sublunary enjoyments ; fed with the writings of the sublime Young , I have thought , CHURCHYARD . 15.
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... hour , added he , the convention shall have decided this miserable debate between a prisoner and his keepers ; we hope you will conform to their order ..... The municipal officer blushed , cast down his eyes with spite , and he mutter ...
... hour , added he , the convention shall have decided this miserable debate between a prisoner and his keepers ; we hope you will conform to their order ..... The municipal officer blushed , cast down his eyes with spite , and he mutter ...
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... he sends those papers every night to the princesses , and he writes to them regularly twice in twenty four hours , and receives answers , which he carefully burns . The arrangement of the papers for the trial , pro- CHURCHYARD . 3.9.
... he sends those papers every night to the princesses , and he writes to them regularly twice in twenty four hours , and receives answers , which he carefully burns . The arrangement of the papers for the trial , pro- CHURCHYARD . 3.9.
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... hour , alters the com- plexion of the trial . Opinions , fluctuating more than ever , are tossed on an ocean of uncertainty . The warfare of the pen has reached its achme ; Neker on one side , and Robespierre on the other , have com ...
... hour , alters the com- plexion of the trial . Opinions , fluctuating more than ever , are tossed on an ocean of uncertainty . The warfare of the pen has reached its achme ; Neker on one side , and Robespierre on the other , have com ...
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... hours . Abbé Fer- The king's friends are thunderstruck . mont remained two hours with me , and vented the agony of his heart by sobs and tears . My lord Fitz- Asland and his son wish to renew the plot rendered abortive by Louis ...
... hours . Abbé Fer- The king's friends are thunderstruck . mont remained two hours with me , and vented the agony of his heart by sobs and tears . My lord Fitz- Asland and his son wish to renew the plot rendered abortive by Louis ...
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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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