Old Stories Re-toldChapman and Hall, 1870 - 473 страница |
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Страница 132 - ... for there must be guilt somewhere, whether in the sentence of the Court or in the catastrophe, posterity must determine. A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune, and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated, but the difficulties of established prejudice ; the man dies, but his memory lives.
Страница 133 - ... the difficulties of established prejudice. The man dies, but his memory lives. That mine may not perish, that it may live in the respect of my countrymen, I seize upon this opportunity to vindicate myself from some of the charges alleged against me.
Страница 157 - Doctor, I have not been a GREAT sinner," and after a short pause, " Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton, and my daughter Horatia, as a legacy to my country.
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