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On channel 4 now, a celebration of the

life and music of George Frederick

Handel in honor, profit, and pleasure, a

specially commissioned film written and

directed by Anna Ambrose and staged

within a framework of 18th century

Barack theater. Brian Callow heads the

distinguished cast that includes TP

McKenna, Bernard Hepton, James Millers

and Alan Develin as the Irish actor

Quinn and the music is played by the

Ragland Barack players with Gene Rigby

and James Bowman the principal singers.

Honor, profit, and pleasure.

my lord, lady and

gentlemen. Welcome to the

Queen.

Welcome here at the Hay Market. Tonight

we have come to celebrate a unique I may

say a most stinger of Cain that of a

sifting the first night of a new work by

a young composer newly come to England.

It may well be indeed it is more than

likely that there are here tonight among

this honorable and distinguished

company. Those who have lately poured

Europe in first of the two lovely musers

you prefer and

In which case they will likely have

found this young and talented new dicken

enjoying the company of both of

them. I refer of course to my good

friend

Capelnister

Gord

Rick Henel.

I am well aware that you have not come

here to see me indeed.

Perhaps another day.

Damn fur qu like the sun be with boy.

Did you know of an actor who did

not are all cars of the zen bright?

Did Jimmy Quinn kissed the bl straight

off the tip? ing inest and thoroughly

familiarize himself in the style and

manner of Italian offer with knowledge a

foreought her own aerodite and

accomplished Mr. Aeron Hill always the

first to perceive frightened

among prevailed on Mr. handle to compose

up an opera in the Italian manner. And

though he has

done that, that we have here with us

tonight in London City, the man who I

think may without exaggeration be called

the

awful R.

Now my

overlord, fair lady and kind gentleman

all I give you Mr. George Handel and his

opera

Ronaldo of the

age of the

people

might be more

than I don't take your meaning from then

take my word sir

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Daddy, I cannot wait to word that in

this light. What exactly is it?

Mama did. It was a lightful grove in

which the birds are heard to sing and

are seen flying up and down among the

trees.

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There you are, mama. Putting the action

to the word.

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What the devil did you name? I observed

them being taken in at the stage door.

Sir, I have a mirror. I will tell you we

are about to see Nicolini of the Caspo

playing a gallant lover.

Kidian war do in this country.

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I trust you enjoy me opera very well.

I'd enjoy it myself more and case walk.

I cannot

for you may take it I did not inherit my

love of music from my dad apparently. I

beg that introduce Dr. hand

performance of

more one word they will be singing

mama is generally felt that the composer

of the

colise the music there's all

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Hallelujah.

Praise God.

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Lord,

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Hallelujah.

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Glory. Glor.

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Well, Bill, what are you writing to the

spectator? My first thoughts is to say

that nothing is capable of being such

music which is not nonsense. And then I

remember quitting and

fantastic the heroes of each are Unix

and each of which in both pieces is

equal. I am prefer witting them because

it is in our own language.

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The Hand debut in London was an enormous

success despite the voting from the

Catler and the Spectator.

And he did not forget who were the

orphans. Now Hardy was

ser not only had an interest in one of

the English play but had led it at

conquered rooms to three compul the

power and important of the opera on the

life of handle. As for poor Addison,

when is Maris not formed by envy? His

own attempt at an English opera,

Roselman had been coly ignored. Uh,

though, so far as these two gentlemen

were concerned, Italian opera was out,

but Handle was definitely

in. The only trouble was his commitment

to the Electorus Hanover. And although

in the following year he once more gave

handle

vis from his contract as to pelite this

not the standard panel honors returned

to London with the treatise of rapture

accord to a national acquisition and the

soon commissioned to compose it to

celebrate the conclusion of the request.

It may be caught ironic but shortly

after leaving his elect handled was

writing music to celebrate a politic

that an oldest of the German court.

Queen Anne was so captivated she settled

on an annual tension of

£200. The nobility vied with each other

improving their esteemed to so

distinguished the musician. He thus

rewarded corporate impact for gothic

promise of reigns

Germany. During his first three years he

was cheaply if not constancy to be found

at the Earl of

Berley. The assembled company includes

the charming Mary Granville and those

two egregious gentlemen, Mr. shall not

be swift a sapperist meet the Alexander

Pope.

What does your vein without a handle of

the master of mutant? I confess that

these pieces give me no sort of

pleasure. None at all. My ears will feed

music which may be the best of the whole

of Great Britain with as much

indifference as the heirs of a common

ballad.

Is there something the matter with the

farsy cord? Has one of the strings

broken? No,

I do not want to interrupt the

conversation of the gentleman.

Oh, go on. You may depend on all the

attention which the occasion required

and which your merit ought before to

have commanded.

Good.

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Here we

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go.

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Perfect. I have played

now.

We'd have to get used to our German

cousins, Pope. You mean because of the

German succession? Well, the German

Lusin would be less of a mess in the

papers to the king. Do not forget, Mr.

Perk, that I'm of the Catholic faith.

and your well name

so how much longer you ping come away

even I am not sure perhaps I said to us

here but aren't you bound to repent the

service of the electorate

also not wish to be pessimistic but

perhaps he will come here I read that

your keen hand is very how will the

English nation speak to a German king

you know better for now what kind of a

man the George of

Hanover told her yet very

punctual I doubt Sophia Daria would be

allowed to be queen

unbelievable you don't know this color I

tell

Poor Lia was born with her. He is a

little and not funny. She

turned and

very we run away together with

suddenly he's a murder.

No one never saw him more and fear were

put into prison. I was 9 years old at

this camp and still she is in this

privilege and never has she seen nor her

children nor her

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husbar

race. Never mind,

Har Queen and the Englishman will

welcome George H. He may not be good,

but at least he's not a

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place. The queen is dead. Long live the

king.

And so it came to pass that Handles and

Poer sailed to

England. He had to be crowned King

George the first with his Turkish

sermons. With it majesty two ladies of

the

court, the Roy Conraines otherwise known

as Mr. Hopole and the Elephant and

Cartle.

We will have our heads cut off before

the tournament is over. Hector fear was

a king killers on my side.

Next, the prince of Wales. The image of

his father. Much more like him than he

cursed to admit, for they both know each

other. Behind the prince is the princess

of way, the pretty and accomplished

Caroline vonans, Mr. Handle's childhood

friend. And finally, their little

daughters, Anne and Amelia.

Your royal and grace majesty, we your

loyal cupcakes and brothers and sisters

in the cur as by law represented do most

heartily welcome you and your family to

this sovereign kingdom to live and to

rule over us in the name of Almighty

God to defend the faith and to protect

all those in this land who so come to

regard God your majesty

ordained by the father in heaven above

to cher this

realm which vine is great. You know we

know we

know

here in hungry in murder

I'll be the great cougar. Doesn't George

handle have the devil's

look? But the spirit of independency

which possessed handle almost from his

childhood made him move away from the

proximity of the court. He was engaged

by James Bridges, a director of music at

cannons in Edgewear. Mr. Bridget had

been pay with the fort during Mulber's

campaign. He had entered the office a

relatively poor man just under 30 and

closed its doors behind him eight years

later and noble as the Duke of Shandos

one of the richest men in

England and he could well afford pious

stimulus with the millions he had

acquired dubious practices when pay

master general

nothing for I will pray.

I

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will I

will I

will find nothing but I

will I

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will I

will for I pray.

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I

love my

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In the last year of his residenc, the

Duke of Shando for the rest of the

principal mobility resolved to establish

an academy of music for the preservation

of Italian opera application being made

to handle to assume the management. He

consented though he moved back to London

and bought a house in the sin of the

king

sar home of the royal academy

of leave it

please. No, no, no, no, no. You must

speak

English. An excuse that old fool the

rudenate to speak German in front of

you. It

is to speak English.

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I'm everywhere surrounded by idiots and

criminals and sopranor defense.

Ah

good. Thank

you as the Lord chamber

thing of me. Would you read it before

me? My

eyes. Well, the

hambo, his

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majesty.

God, they want you to go to Italy and

sign up

singing. Such singer as you shall judge

it. But he been

dished a lucky man. All the brown buxom

beautiful.

You come and eat it. I wouldn't dare. 5

minutes out of town become and Johnny

the lad and flashed little devil. It

slipped and he boots and he crocs and he

park before you could say which way the

stage and what is the play. The pit

adore you today they do. Anyway, what's

the use of the pit? It's pattern you

need to talk to. No. All the crowd that

love you so well. The Earl of Bergen,

the Duke of Shand, the king of England.

If you don't have a good day

again last longer than I succeeded with

the girl, but so do I. Of course I have

good fortune but have said because I

serve music not pain and you think that

I eat

mento

just my father did not want to be nition

he wanted me for the law so no in the

house but when I would years old. I took

into the attic a clavicle and every

night I played. One night my father

discovered and he was so angry. So

angry. But my mother, my mother said,

"You want to stop his child's day?

There's only one thing we can do. One

thing you must cut off his

finger. Nothing. No one can come to see

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you. Keep waiting for

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his Hallelujah.

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King. Forgive me.

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Fore again.

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Molto to King George of England. King

George of England and the Royal Academy

of Music. Good morning. Suddenly all

morning

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is American English speak very well and

still they speak German. I don't

understand.

I'm in kind of are there and no but if

the hand you are not yet in I mean it's

3 hours to condescend to bring me some

clothes they have to think it would be

better if I pay my respects to my new

country with my night

why not your English

become naturally

certain England

Why? Why is that happy and successful? I

make money. The king likes me. But even

if he did not like me, still I would be

happy. I'd be successful. I would make

money. In Germany, I would be destroyed

in

humanity.

However, the enthusiasm of King

Gordon is still no guarantee of success.

You know they are talking about the

foreign

court

but no

no

I but

uh was the king naturally think I

doubt I George Frederick Honda who

entirely promise and swear that I will

be faithful and bear true allegiance to

his majesty king George.

I, George Fick Hammond, to swear that I

do from my heart,

abore the test, and

abdue and improved and

heretical, that damnable doctrine and

position, that principle, a communicated

or described by the pope or any

authority of the sea of Rome, may be

deposed, or murdered by their subject or

any other

whatsoever. And I do declare that no

foreign prince, person, relet, states or

potentiate have or ought to have any

jurisdiction, power,

superiority, preeminence or authority,

ecclesiastical or

spiritual is in this side.

I give up.

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Hallelujah.

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Baby, you hear what she call me? She's

on me and

please you hear. No, no, no. Ladies, I

hear nothing except the beautiful music.

Please be willing to the wind go. The

performance will commence. The Royal

Caribbean of Music and Italian Opera had

their great day under the patronage of

our monarch, King

George. But all society and the body

itself carrying their very frame and

fabric seen their own

dissolution, no less with an opera

company than in the royal family itself.

Orasla reented Lai and vice versa. So

did the prince of Wales resent his

father and his repatient

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misil. Tonight we will take her back to

Italy.

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We

want We

want We want

Okay.

No, we

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want the first was governed by his wife.

Charles the second by his os. King James

by his priest, King Zillian by his

men, Queen by her women

favor. My father was governed by anybody

who could get of

him. And who do they say governed now?

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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Thank

forever. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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Forever. Forever.

Forever. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

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King

Forever. Forever.

You may drop down at George. We'll all

be in pain. We know it is Queen Caroline

not be that rain. Then if you would have

us fall down and adore you, lock up your

hearts loud. Your dad did before.

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Well, sir, you ought to be congratulated

once again. A coup. An absolute

cool. Very cheaterful. All you need is a

king acquire a

mid gently a form of

contra

from respect to you. If you want to die

in death run an opera

house I've seen no sign of either

eventuality happening to you. Are you

forming another similar work? Come to

get the sword. I am preparing an

oratorial orator or the sacred drama.

But son, not activist started in the

oratory of Philip Ner in Rome about the

hundreds of years ago. All you need is a

strong dramatic

story and a choir. You'll need a choir

and an or one or two goodies like

Christina and No. No.

No primadonas, no castrati and

primadonas fighting over the number one

dressing room. All my oratorios will be

written in

English.

Good. You know what the last opera cost

to put on?

80,000. My clients of the nobility will

not buy subscription for the

next note ticket one by one for each

performance.

Bring in the high polo, but it's the

arishocracy to have the money. Not

further, the city of poor money. Money

will follow the But it is the nobility

who created the not in this country. I

do not know where you are from. Either

Swiss or Pharaoh. His accent is even

worse than mine. Then let me tell you

both how our society works here from the

bottom up. Everyone is striving to join

the path above them till they get to the

top. Then they go down again. A baron

may marry a barmaid and she will become

the arbiter elegantarium of her

circle. Royal bastard proliferate and

their grandchildren rejoicing in the con

sanguinous kings become leaders of the

bowman. A rich man may buy himself into

title and vogue, but at the same time

old landed gentry seal themselves

superior than newly and

nobles. Professionally the

purpose will wits which can appear from

anywhere and can quickly

vanish. So do not look for guineies in

the mansion for the child or you may

miss a gold mine in Cheapside or Fet

Lane.

So tell us handle my friend about your

oratory. No costume or expensive

setting. Of course it's in the use but

there are no obligatory. No there are no

sidians. So not even a theater is meant

to

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Lord,

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Lord, you

She

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I would like to consider and if possible

induce other to consider.

The

impropriety of

ortorio. An ortorio either is an act of

religion or it is not. If it

is, you may question as I

do. Are mummers and catgut crap fit

ministers of God's

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word? And is a tavern a fit temple to

perform it in?

that he did not perform as an act of

deliverance but merely a diversion or

amusement only. What a profanation of

God's name and word is

this. How will it appear to ask me?

We read in history that

in the people of England will arrive at

such a height of impiety and profane.

The most sacred

thing was forth to be

used as public

diversion by light and vain

people appropriated to the performance

in profaneing and dissolute prey.

which incident was written by Pope was

unfiltered and associates might have

avoided the ro of the bishop had they

not chosen to give the first performance

of it in the crown and the

anchor but the venue had it

come however

The aristocracy were in no hurry to give

up the canyon opera. What vexum was not

that handle served in many masters, but

that he now served none, but a mere

musician that presumed to put himself

above pats

suffer. For they formed their own

company, the opera of the

nobility. And so began a war between

handle and hybrid. on the one hand and

handles former patrons on the other. The

upshot put an end for the present to all

musical entertainment at top and gone

and almost put an end to the author of

them. And as the man said, when sorrows

come, they come not single by, but in

battalion.

Dear

brother, I've received your most honored

letter on 6th of January.

I perceive the carefulness which you

took to infer my blessed mother this

propriety and give complian

about here

what it has keys

to who it's called that

could memory will however never become

the away from

me until

after we are again united.

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bathroom. We are

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not single spy but in the

tavern. The man Shakespeare was a great

one to coin an old edge.

vexations and fatigue as the last three

or four years. The financial

worries and finally the death of his

mother were too much to the poor

fail. Lord looked up with a

puly right hand rendered quite

deeply was

to still

he couldn't dar to see a musician he was

not at their call but they had no to

bout victory has been gained by them.

The opera of May had pleased them well.

Then all the patrons and the best

singers are enlisted on one side and the

best composer on the other is easy to

foresee that both undertakings were

fail before hid you did this handle for

none of them could be compared to

barelli. He knew the whole world to the

hia shown herself again.

namely her very inclined it is to

novelties

and the fact that the two oper

what is most important is to see his

heart is not my heart

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In a there are the famous sulfur bars.

Wonderful properties sulfur bar. Many

many people have

incur whatever it is. Quiet Mr. Hands

will match the quality of your hand.

In exchel he sat over the vapor bars

three times as long as has ever been to

practice. His cure from the manner as

well as from the quickness with which it

was brought with an army or a miracle.

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And he

lives

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long and walking.

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her

lips and walking in

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her endured enough provocation without

the swipy sound English company steaming

to my work. I give no

If you want to

finish the whole puppet of

me partner I had a

fortune by design under years

entertainment with this

Thomas mother he was married to the son

of

ka yes once began to pay attention with

kana he said that the young and

impoverished sibberto cleave that he g a

fortune had so generously condescended

to favor her that he led her himself to

Mr. apartment and would there have

lessons together and Senator the cler

would never could she consent to such a

thing. She said we drew out a pistol and

the dirty would shoot us thus instant if

she did not consent on which she did but

the plan worked too

well and Susanna fell in

love. Mash want nothing more to do

together.

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Follow the temp.

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My love for you.

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My

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We love

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What do you think?

Handle. What?

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Let me

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Happy birthday.

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And fortunately, Susanna cried the sites

and came profit

knowledge. As an actress, she had

epitomized all that is sure

inversive, but the scandalous revelation

that in reality she did not temporarily

extinguish her

career. It did not affect Hamler. He was

enchanted by her voice. And the three of

us got on.

Well, now George, what are you so

pleased about? Have you invited here for

something special? I I have decided to

abandon

opera. I composed

my for three years. Wow. No more opera,

my dear. in a recent

occup are averse to them.

But better

suit, I want you to see it in my new

work.

They were late to see well don't you

like them

before the open state I don't stare I

don't

think the lord the parent of

Ireland invited me to Dublin because she

didn't include a new work you go of

course the English do not like me I

shall go to Ireland splendid that's all

good he passed out to rehearse. He did.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. But

give me enough. Goodbye.

See you soon. Come, I will tell you the

area I have especially of hope for you.

This choice of Savannah Civer, but it

seemed as frightening that she could not

leave it. This harest overworked

perfection, who expected his soul to be

perfect by the kind he worked for them,

and fiferously and taught them when they

were not. But content he said, hour by

hour in his own house, he teaches

patient brain by brain. No, no, no, you

must listen. This is free. will get an

exit.

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If it work,

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I

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of the world.

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I

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My

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We

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and

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we Glory.

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and forever.

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Woman, for this all my sins will be

forgiven me thee.

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to Charles Jennings. Uh, sir, it was at

the greatest pleasure I for the

continuation of your kindness by the

lines you had to pend to me in order to

be predict your ortorial Messiah which

are set to easily before I left England.

I am emboldened sir by the general

concern you are pleased to take in

relation to my

affairs to give you an account of that.

The nobility did me the honor to make

amount spells a subscription for six

night which filled the room with

600

persons so that I needed not a thing to

be at the door and without

vanity. The performance of the seat is a

general

approvation. The audience must composite

besides a flower of maybe of distinction

and other things of high

quality of many bishops, deans, heads of

colleges, the most eminent people in the

law at the chancellor, the outdoor

general, all of

which were dead

people. So I desired to perform it again

in I cannot sufficiently express the

kind treatment I have received here. But

the politeness of this nation cannot be

unknown to you. So I let no drag of the

satisfaction I enjoy passing my time

with honor puppets.

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After return from Ireland he continued

every year the same style of composition

generally with the great

success. His merits and perseverance

were amply rewarded. He claimed a firm

hand on the public favor and patronage

to the end of his life. and he was not

only unable to clear himself from

encumbrance but to realize a fortune of

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£25,000 on that

last in the

1481,79 the clock in the

morning by the

He will point to you to the last

moment the

coincide with it and the monument not to

eat it with 100

pound to be true.

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Baby for you.

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My

Deep breath. Deep breath.

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Everything.

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Hallelujah.

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