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It happened that one of his servants whom he well favoured , for felony by him committed , was arraigned at the King's ... in furious rage came hastily to the bar , where his servant stood as a prisoner , and commanded him to be ungyved ...
It happened that one of his servants whom he well favoured , for felony by him committed , was arraigned at the King's ... in furious rage came hastily to the bar , where his servant stood as a prisoner , and commanded him to be ungyved ...
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I met this noon with Dr. I Burnett , who told me , and I find in the newsbook this week that he posted upon the ' Change , that whoever did spread the report that , instead of dying of the plague , his servant was by him killed , it was ...
I met this noon with Dr. I Burnett , who told me , and I find in the newsbook this week that he posted upon the ' Change , that whoever did spread the report that , instead of dying of the plague , his servant was by him killed , it was ...
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... on my mother's objecting that the servant would be wanted to wait at supper ( for , in those days of friendly intercourse and real hospitality , a decent maid - servant was the only attendant at his own and many creditable tables ...
... on my mother's objecting that the servant would be wanted to wait at supper ( for , in those days of friendly intercourse and real hospitality , a decent maid - servant was the only attendant at his own and many creditable tables ...
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Contents
ELYOT SIR THOMAS | 8 |
CAMDEN WILLIAM Queen Eleanors Memorial at Charing | 17 |
CAVENDISH G Wolsey in Whitehall | 38 |
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| Title | London in Literature King's treasuries of literature |
| Author | Alfred H. Headley |
| Editor | Alfred H. Headley |
| Compiled by | Alfred H. Headley |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1920 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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