Sketches and characters of the most eminent and most singular persons now living, by several hands [really by P. Thicknesse]. |
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... first peers of our realm . It is to be lamented , that those English people of rank and fortune , who contributed fo largely to affift the maim- ed , and wounded at Paris , in the place du Roy , did not confider , how much more laudable ...
... first peers of our realm . It is to be lamented , that those English people of rank and fortune , who contributed fo largely to affift the maim- ed , and wounded at Paris , in the place du Roy , did not confider , how much more laudable ...
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... first first married an old woman . Of L - y B - y . HER Ladyfhip fecondly , married an old man . Of L - d B — t — n . ONE of the moft accomplish'd noble- men of the age ; his good fenfe and li- beral education ; taught him to know the ...
... first first married an old woman . Of L - y B - y . HER Ladyfhip fecondly , married an old man . Of L - d B — t — n . ONE of the moft accomplish'd noble- men of the age ; his good fenfe and li- beral education ; taught him to know the ...
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... remember him , when he first came from L - e , with a bowl difh head of hair , and full as * unlicked a booby as his elder Brother . * This is a miflake his brother has been licked . W Of G - n - l H - r E 2 Of ( 51 ) Of Col. C——t. ...
... remember him , when he first came from L - e , with a bowl difh head of hair , and full as * unlicked a booby as his elder Brother . * This is a miflake his brother has been licked . W Of G - n - l H - r E 2 Of ( 51 ) Of Col. C——t. ...
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... first , and we believe last spoke , at the bar of the King's Bench , L - d M - d complimented him , though what he faid , was in direct oppofition to fome favourite Practices of that C - t , and Sir Doublefee turned afcance his broad un ...
... first , and we believe last spoke , at the bar of the King's Bench , L - d M - d complimented him , though what he faid , was in direct oppofition to fome favourite Practices of that C - t , and Sir Doublefee turned afcance his broad un ...
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... first placed near the perfon of the Q - n ; Mr. Sn highly approved of the appointment ; because he obferved , that no perfon in the kingdom was better qualified to teach her M - y the Vulgar Tongue . The Sai- lors had a current faying ...
... first placed near the perfon of the Q - n ; Mr. Sn highly approved of the appointment ; because he obferved , that no perfon in the kingdom was better qualified to teach her M - y the Vulgar Tongue . The Sai- lors had a current faying ...
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