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Page 3
... first born child of Mr. Johnfon and his wife , their fon Samuel , had the misfortune to receive , to- gether with its nutriment derived from a hired nurse , the feeds of that disease which troubled him through life , the struma , or ...
... first born child of Mr. Johnfon and his wife , their fon Samuel , had the misfortune to receive , to- gether with its nutriment derived from a hired nurse , the feeds of that disease which troubled him through life , the struma , or ...
Page 4
... first cure of this kind which Edward performed ; but , as it is rather disgusting to fead it , I chufe to give it in the words of the author from whence it is apparently taken , with this remark , that the kings of France lay claim to ...
... first cure of this kind which Edward performed ; but , as it is rather disgusting to fead it , I chufe to give it in the words of the author from whence it is apparently taken , with this remark , that the kings of France lay claim to ...
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... first go- ing out , fo far forgot himself and the spirit that must have actuated his unknown benefactor , that , with all the indignation of an infulted man , he threw them away . He may be supposed to have been under the age of twenty ...
... first go- ing out , fo far forgot himself and the spirit that must have actuated his unknown benefactor , that , with all the indignation of an infulted man , he threw them away . He may be supposed to have been under the age of twenty ...
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... first no better than a poor beggar boy , if not a parish foundling , without known parents or relations . He had found a way to live by obfequioufnefs , ( in Clement's - Inn , as I remember ) and courting the attornies clerks for fcraps ...
... first no better than a poor beggar boy , if not a parish foundling , without known parents or relations . He had found a way to live by obfequioufnefs , ( in Clement's - Inn , as I remember ) and courting the attornies clerks for fcraps ...
Page 29
... first number of the Gentleman's Maga- zine , with a notification that the fame would be conti- nued monthly , incurring thereby a charge of plagiarism , which , as he is faid to have confeffed it , we may fup- pofe he did not look upon ...
... first number of the Gentleman's Maga- zine , with a notification that the fame would be conti- nued monthly , incurring thereby a charge of plagiarism , which , as he is faid to have confeffed it , we may fup- pofe he did not look upon ...
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