Sketches and characters of the most eminent and most singular persons now living, by several hands [really by P. Thicknesse]. |
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... we are equally capable of acquiring it , because we are told , that * William
Williams , one of our complection , being brought over from our country , when a
child ; and placed at Cambridge School ; was esteemed , a man of equal under*
He ...
... we are equally capable of acquiring it , because we are told , that * William
Williams , one of our complection , being brought over from our country , when a
child ; and placed at Cambridge School ; was esteemed , a man of equal under*
He ...
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W E remember a Quack Do & tor whose name was West ; who told his auditors
that they might , . Go East , go North , go South in vain , But West was the man
who could ease ) their pain ! S Now it is to be hoped we may change the capital ...
W E remember a Quack Do & tor whose name was West ; who told his auditors
that they might , . Go East , go North , go South in vain , But West was the man
who could ease ) their pain ! S Now it is to be hoped we may change the capital ...
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Of L - d ATHE following story we are assured was told by his L - p to a gentleman
who waited upon him to solicit the prize Money for a distressed mother , whose
Son laid down his life at the gates of the Havannah ; after hearing , with some ...
Of L - d ATHE following story we are assured was told by his L - p to a gentleman
who waited upon him to solicit the prize Money for a distressed mother , whose
Son laid down his life at the gates of the Havannah ; after hearing , with some ...
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We have been told a noble Duke advised Mr . Gainsborough , never to praise his
present price . But if he does not think there is more efficacy in the advice of a
Duke , than from an humble admirer of his art , we could wish to hear , he raised ...
We have been told a noble Duke advised Mr . Gainsborough , never to praise his
present price . But if he does not think there is more efficacy in the advice of a
Duke , than from an humble admirer of his art , we could wish to hear , he raised ...
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L - d S _ h , W HEN he told a certain body of gen . tlemen , that he had something
to communicate to them , of so indecent a nature ; that he did not know how to
divulge it wi : h fufcient delicacy . · Of C - 1 S - - r , AT the Trial of L - d G - S e : G ...
L - d S _ h , W HEN he told a certain body of gen . tlemen , that he had something
to communicate to them , of so indecent a nature ; that he did not know how to
divulge it wi : h fufcient delicacy . · Of C - 1 S - - r , AT the Trial of L - d G - S e : G ...
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| Title | Sketches and characters of the most eminent and most singular persons now living, by several hands [really by P. Thicknesse]. |
| Author | Philip Thicknesse |
| Publisher | J. Wheble, 1770 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 143 pages |
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