Quotations from John L. Motley Works by John Lothrop Motley
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Intolerable tendency to puns
New Years Day in England, 11th January by the New Style Peace and quietness is brought into a most dangerous estate HISTORY UNITED NETHERLANDS, 1586 by Motley[#45][jm45v10.txt]4845 A hard bargain when both parties are losers Condemned first and inquired upon after Disordered, and unknit state needs no shaking, but propping Upper and lower millstones of royal wrath and loyal subserviency Uttering of my choler doth little ease my grief or help my case HISTORY UNITED NETHERLANDS, 1586 by Motley[#46][jm46v10.txt]4846 Could do a little more than what was possible Elizabeth, though convicted, could always confute He sat a great while at a time. He had a genius for sitting Mistakes might occur from occasional deviations into sincerity Nine syllables that which could be more forcibly expressed in on They were always to deceive every one, upon every occasion We mustn't tickle ourselves to make ourselves laugh |
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