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... thought it not at all English , and did not much like it ; and the reason is plain , for the lyric flights and choral flowers suited not in the least with the circumstances or character of the speaker as he has con- trived it . ] 1 1 ...
... thought it not at all English , and did not much like it ; and the reason is plain , for the lyric flights and choral flowers suited not in the least with the circumstances or character of the speaker as he has con- trived it . ] 1 1 ...
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... thoughts of it , there being nothing but lamentable stories of inundations and escapes . However I made myself amends with the University , which I have not seen these four and twenty years , and which revived many youthful scenes ...
... thoughts of it , there being nothing but lamentable stories of inundations and escapes . However I made myself amends with the University , which I have not seen these four and twenty years , and which revived many youthful scenes ...
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... thoughts more than any other part of his book , I set them all at nought , & wish they had been omitted . Mrs Jonathan " told me , you begun your evening - prayer as soon as I was gone , & that it had a great effect upon the ...
... thoughts more than any other part of his book , I set them all at nought , & wish they had been omitted . Mrs Jonathan " told me , you begun your evening - prayer as soon as I was gone , & that it had a great effect upon the ...
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... hearing this measure had been prescribed by the Duke , thought it wiser to have the merit of it himself . " ( Memoirs of the reign of George III . , vol . i . , page 227. ) 3 of Bedford , ' Earl Gower , ' & 18 GRAY'S LETTERS .
... hearing this measure had been prescribed by the Duke , thought it wiser to have the merit of it himself . " ( Memoirs of the reign of George III . , vol . i . , page 227. ) 3 of Bedford , ' Earl Gower , ' & 18 GRAY'S LETTERS .
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... thoughts taken up with chusing a new High - Steward , and had not La Hard- wick surprisingly & to the shame of the faculty recover'd by a Quack - medicine , I believe in my conscience the noble Earl of Sandwich 2 had been chosen , tho ...
... thoughts taken up with chusing a new High - Steward , and had not La Hard- wick surprisingly & to the shame of the faculty recover'd by a Quack - medicine , I believe in my conscience the noble Earl of Sandwich 2 had been chosen , tho ...
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