Addresses and TransactionsW. Dawson, 1932 |
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... never passed that weck in his life which he would wish to repeat , were an angel to make the proposal to him . When he was seventy - three he wrote , health has been , from my twentieth year , such as has seldom afforded me a single day ...
... never passed that weck in his life which he would wish to repeat , were an angel to make the proposal to him . When he was seventy - three he wrote , health has been , from my twentieth year , such as has seldom afforded me a single day ...
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... never wished to have a child . " This always seems to me to be a sad saying , as a man might say he never wished the sun to shine or the stars to come out at night . But there it is , and even if against his wishes a child had come the ...
... never wished to have a child . " This always seems to me to be a sad saying , as a man might say he never wished the sun to shine or the stars to come out at night . But there it is , and even if against his wishes a child had come the ...
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... never afraid of any man : -but I never knew that I was to meet Thurlow , but I knew I had something to encounter " . " Sir , it is only when you come close to a man in conversation , that you discover what his real abilities are ; to ...
... never afraid of any man : -but I never knew that I was to meet Thurlow , but I knew I had something to encounter " . " Sir , it is only when you come close to a man in conversation , that you discover what his real abilities are ; to ...
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