Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Volume III

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Fais.

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Fais.

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Illegible.

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Nouveau Repertoire de Jurisprudence, au mot Commission.

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"Did'st thou not mark the king, what words he spake?Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?Have I no friend? quoth he: he spake it twice,And, speaking it, he wistfully looked on me;As who should say – I would, thou wert the man,That would divorce this terror from my heart;Meaning, the king at Pomfret. – Come, let's go;I am the king's friend, and will rid his foe."

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A sense of shame caused these words to be erased, but the operation has left them still legible. The attempt at concealment shows the sense of guilt, without hiding the crime.