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" Lordship has too much candour and justice to be the means of giving so violent and ill-directed a blow. Your Lordship's determination is not only of the greatest importance to me now, but must inevitably decide my fate for the future; as, after this defeat,... "
Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq: With a Collection of His Genuine Bon-mots ... - Page 113
by William Cook - 1806
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Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London during the ..., Volume 2

James Peller Malcolm - 1810 - 542 pages
...poignard stuck deep in my heart : your Lordship has too much candour and justice to be the instrument of so violent and ill-directed a blow. " Your Lordship's...cannot punish, the first often corrects ; but when she finds herself not only deserted by her antient ally, but sees him armed in the defence of her foe,...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London During the ..., Volume 2

James Peller Malcolm - 1810 - 548 pages
...only ' of the greatest importance to me now, but must inevitably decide my fate foF'the future, ss, after this defeat, it will be impossible for me to...cannot punish, the first often corrects ; but when she finds herself not only deserted by her antient ally, but seeshim armed in the defence of her foe, she...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 572 pages
...determination is not only of the greatest importance to me now, but 'must inevitably decide my fute for the future; as, after this defeat, it will be...cannot punish, the first often corrects : but when she finds herself not only deserted by her ancient ally, but sees him armed in the defence of her foe,...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...but must inevitably decide my fate for the future; as, after this defeat, it will be impossiblefor me to muster up courage enough to face folly again....confederacy ; what the last cannot punish, the first often cor-r recte : but when she finds herself not only deserted by her ancient ally, hut sees him armed...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1814 - 566 pages
...determination is not only of the greatest importance to me now, but must inevitably decide my fatefor the future; as, after this defeat, it will be impossible...cannot punish, the first often corrects : but when she finds herself not only deserted by lier. ancient ally, but sees him armed in the defence of her foe,...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and ..., Volume 5

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 418 pages
...your lordship has too much candour and justice to be the instrument of so violent and ill directed a blow. Your lordship's determination is not only...cannot punish, the first often corrects ; but when she finds herself not only deserted by her ancient ally, but sees him armed in the defence of her foe,...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and ..., Volume 5

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...your lordship has too much candour and justice to be the instrument of so violent and ill directed a blow. Your lordship's determination is not only...cannot punish, the first often corrects; but when she finds herself not only deserted by her ancient ally, but sees him armed in the defence of her foe,...
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The works of Samuel Foote, esq., with remarks on each play and an ..., Volume 1

Samuel Foote - 1830 - 426 pages
...again." He urged the usual apology for dramatic satire in a very neat style. — " Between the muse aud the magistrate there is a natural confederacy : what...her foe, she has nothing left but a speedy retreat." His self-justification is manly and forcible : — " During my continuance in the service of the public,...
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Anecdotes of the Aristocracy: And Episodes in Ancestral Story, Volume 2

Bernard Burke - 1849 - 516 pages
...muster up courage enough to face Folly again. Between the Muse and the Magistrate there is a mutual confederacy; what the last cannot punish, the first often corrects ; but when she finds herself not only deserted by her ancient ally, but sees him armed in the defence of her foe,...
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Anecdotes of the Aristocracy: And Episodes in Ancestral Story, Volume 2

Bernard Burke - 1849 - 528 pages
...muster up courage enough to face Folly again. Between the Muse and the Magistrate there is a mutual confederacy; what the last cannot punish, the first often corrects ; but when she finds herself not only deserted by her ancient ally, but sees him armed in the defence of her foe,...
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