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Samuel Johnson Robert Montagu. THOMSON JAMES THOMSON , THE SON OF A MINISTER WELL ESTEEMED for his piety and diligence , was born September 7 , 1700 , at Ednam , in the shire of Roxburgh , of which his father was pastor . His mother ...
Samuel Johnson Robert Montagu. THOMSON JAMES THOMSON , THE SON OF A MINISTER WELL ESTEEMED for his piety and diligence , was born September 7 , 1700 , at Ednam , in the shire of Roxburgh , of which his father was pastor . His mother ...
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... Thomson , Jemmy Thomson , O ! which for a while was echoed through the town . I have been told by Savage , that of the Prologue to Sophonisba the first part was written by Pope , who could not be persuaded to finish it , and that the ...
... Thomson , Jemmy Thomson , O ! which for a while was echoed through the town . I have been told by Savage , that of the Prologue to Sophonisba the first part was written by Pope , who could not be persuaded to finish it , and that the ...
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... Thomson , in his travels on the continent , found or fancied so many evils arising from the tyranny of other govern- ments , that he resolved to write a very long poem ... Thomson now lived in ease and plenty , and seems THOMSON 395.
... Thomson , in his travels on the continent , found or fancied so many evils arising from the tyranny of other govern- ments , that he resolved to write a very long poem ... Thomson now lived in ease and plenty , and seems THOMSON 395.
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