Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, Volume 3T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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Page 353 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
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Page 177 - ... any regard to his own private interest, it was quite indifferent to him, who was in or who was out; and he would give himself no concern in the question.
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