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If a Sovereign should, by great accident, deviate into moderation, justice, and clemency, what a contemptible figure would he make ...
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
Clemency is also a revolutionary measure.
Calm fell. From Heaven distilled a clemency;
There was peace on earth, and silence in the sky;
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Professor Bloom is a finished example of the new womanly man. His moral nature is simple and lovable. Many have found him a dear m ...
The clemency of princes is very often only a state-trick, to gain upon the affections of their subjects.
That clemency which the world cries up for such a mighty virtue proceeds sometimes from ostentation, sometimes from laziness and n ...
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