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Page 194
... told me , in his warm language , that he thought the relation given in the note " a lie ; " but that he was not able to ascertain the several shares . The intelligence which Dr. Warburton could not afford me I obtained from Mr. Langton ...
... told me , in his warm language , that he thought the relation given in the note " a lie ; " but that he was not able to ascertain the several shares . The intelligence which Dr. Warburton could not afford me I obtained from Mr. Langton ...
Page 346
... told of which there never could have been proofs ; and little care appears to have been taken to tell that , of which proofs , with little trouble , might have been procured . " EDWARD YOUNG was born at Upham , near Winchester , in June ...
... told of which there never could have been proofs ; and little care appears to have been taken to tell that , of which proofs , with little trouble , might have been procured . " EDWARD YOUNG was born at Upham , near Winchester , in June ...
Page 372
... told the period spent on stubborn Troy , " and you will still leave him more than forty when he sat down to the miserable siege of court favour . He has before told us A fool at forty is a fool indeed . After all , the siege seems to ...
... told the period spent on stubborn Troy , " and you will still leave him more than forty when he sat down to the miserable siege of court favour . He has before told us A fool at forty is a fool indeed . After all , the siege seems to ...
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