Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain: During the Years 1810 and 1811, Том 2A. Constable, 1815 |
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Стр. 188 - I found none, but for felony very many. And when her majesty hastily asked me, Wherein ? I told her, the author had committed very apparent theft; for he had taken most of the sentences of Cornelius Tacitus, and translated them into English, and put them into his text.
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Стр. 187 - ... opinion that there was treason in it, and asked me if I could not find any places in it that might be drawn within case of treason: whereto I answered: for treason surely I found none, but for felony very many.