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... OF VOLUME II . PAGE I 20 31 46 1242 52 GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT BROOME 61 68 76 222 72 15 79 81 162 193 POPE . 196 PITT 303 • THOMSON WATTS 305 316 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . PAGE A. PHILIPS WEST.
... OF VOLUME II . PAGE I 20 31 46 1242 52 GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT BROOME 61 68 76 222 72 15 79 81 162 193 POPE . 196 PITT 303 • THOMSON WATTS 305 316 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . PAGE A. PHILIPS WEST.
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... Thomson , who were the friends of Mr. Savage . Thus remote was his interest in the question , which , how- ever , as he imagined , concerned him so nearly , that it was not sufficient to harangue and dispute , but necessary likewise to ...
... Thomson , who were the friends of Mr. Savage . Thus remote was his interest in the question , which , how- ever , as he imagined , concerned him so nearly , that it was not sufficient to harangue and dispute , but necessary likewise to ...
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... Thomson and Mr. Mallet , that it might be fitted for the stage , and to allow his friends to receive the profits , out of which an annual pension should be paid him . He This proposal he rejected with the utmost contempt . He was by no ...
... Thomson and Mr. Mallet , that it might be fitted for the stage , and to allow his friends to receive the profits , out of which an annual pension should be paid him . He This proposal he rejected with the utmost contempt . He was by no ...
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... Thomson , a man who had , by large promises , and free censures of the common practice of physic , forced himself up into sudden reputation . Thomson declared his distemper to be a dropsy , and evacuated part of the water by tincture of ...
... Thomson , a man who had , by large promises , and free censures of the common practice of physic , forced himself up into sudden reputation . Thomson declared his distemper to be a dropsy , and evacuated part of the water by tincture of ...
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... in poetry ; and yet more for the universal candour of his mind , and the primitive simplicity of his manners . He lived innocent ; and died beloved , Apr. 13 , 1748 . Aged 48 . THOMSON . JAMES THOMSON , the son of a minister 304 PITT .
... in poetry ; and yet more for the universal candour of his mind , and the primitive simplicity of his manners . He lived innocent ; and died beloved , Apr. 13 , 1748 . Aged 48 . THOMSON . JAMES THOMSON , the son of a minister 304 PITT .
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