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Página 496 - The hearers more concern'd than he that spake : Each seem'd to act that part he came to see, And none was more a looker-on than he. So did he move our passions, some were known To wish, for the defence, the crime their own. Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
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| Título | The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. Volumen2 de The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV, John Campbell Baron Campbell |
| Autor | John Campbell Baron Campbell |
| Edición | 2 |
| Editor | Blanchard and Lea, 1851 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 23 Nov. 2005 |
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