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years that they have begun to come together . ' Mrs. Delany's Auto . p . 501 . Dr. Bucknill in Brain , Jan. 1882 , proves that these two maladies of giddiness and deafness had their common origin in a disease in the region of the ear ...
years that they have begun to come together . ' Mrs. Delany's Auto . p . 501 . Dr. Bucknill in Brain , Jan. 1882 , proves that these two maladies of giddiness and deafness had their common origin in a disease in the region of the ear ...
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In a debate in the House of Commons in 1736 , it was stated that on account of ' the terrible indecencies some have been guilty of upon such occasions , it is the common practice for the curate to desire the legal communicants to divide ...
In a debate in the House of Commons in 1736 , it was stated that on account of ' the terrible indecencies some have been guilty of upon such occasions , it is the common practice for the curate to desire the legal communicants to divide ...
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7'A certain uncommon way of thinking , and a turn in conversation peculiar to that agreeable gentleman , rendered his company very advantageous to one whose imagination was to be continually employed upon obvious and common subjects ...
7'A certain uncommon way of thinking , and a turn in conversation peculiar to that agreeable gentleman , rendered his company very advantageous to one whose imagination was to be continually employed upon obvious and common subjects ...
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It was after his death in the hands of Lord Orrery and Dr. King 5. A book under that title was published , with Swift's ' ' The common people were taught to look upon him as a Jacobite ; and they threw stones and dirt at him ...
It was after his death in the hands of Lord Orrery and Dr. King 5. A book under that title was published , with Swift's ' ' The common people were taught to look upon him as a Jacobite ; and they threw stones and dirt at him ...
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Those who refused to pay were stripped of their clothes by the common executioner , beaten , and in some instances chained . Many died from want . ' The Keeper's salary was £ 10 a year . A parliamentary document shows that in 1729 he ...
Those who refused to pay were stripped of their clothes by the common executioner , beaten , and in some instances chained . Many died from want . ' The Keeper's salary was £ 10 a year . A parliamentary document shows that in 1729 he ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Swift-Lyttelton Volume 3 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1905 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2015 |
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