Wits and Beaux of SocietyG. Routledge, 1883 - 508 pages |
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... hand redeeming virtues ; and it cannot certainly be said , in this instance , that the good has been ' interred with the bones ' of the personages herein described , although the evil men do , will live after them . ' " But whilst a ...
... hand redeeming virtues ; and it cannot certainly be said , in this instance , that the good has been ' interred with the bones ' of the personages herein described , although the evil men do , will live after them . ' " But whilst a ...
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... hands on the back of a chair , kneeled down and kissed his hand ' privately , ' saying he could not ask him who he was , but bid ' God bless him , where he was going ! ' Then , rallying after this touch of pathos , Charles took his ...
... hands on the back of a chair , kneeled down and kissed his hand ' privately , ' saying he could not ask him who he was , but bid ' God bless him , where he was going ! ' Then , rallying after this touch of pathos , Charles took his ...
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... hands for defence and disguise . But his followers were overtaken near Newport ; and here Buckingham , with Lords Talbot and Levis- ton , escaped ; and henceforth , until Charles's wanderings were transferred from England to France ...
... hands for defence and disguise . But his followers were overtaken near Newport ; and here Buckingham , with Lords Talbot and Levis- ton , escaped ; and henceforth , until Charles's wanderings were transferred from England to France ...
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... hand to Mary Fair- fax , and so recover his property through the influence of Fairfax . He was confident of his own attractions ; and , in- deed , from every account , he appears to have been one of those reckless , handsome ...
... hand to Mary Fair- fax , and so recover his property through the influence of Fairfax . He was confident of his own attractions ; and , in- deed , from every account , he appears to have been one of those reckless , handsome ...
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... hand , tempted them to the church ; the brilliant exploits of Turenne , and of Condé , on the other , led them to the camp . It was merely the difference of dress between the two that constituted the dis- tinction : the soldier might be ...
... hand , tempted them to the church ; the brilliant exploits of Turenne , and of Condé , on the other , led them to the camp . It was merely the difference of dress between the two that constituted the dis- tinction : the soldier might be ...
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