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" ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better... "
Lives of the English Poets: Swift-Lyttelton - Page 168
by Samuel Johnson - 1905
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...your " own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified, " I am sure I like i; better than I did before, and so will every man else....meant just what you explain; but I did not explain my owa " meaning soVall as you. You understand me as well as I do myself; but " you express me better...
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...illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and...I could express myself. Pray accept the sincerest Acknowledgments. I cannot but wish these letters were put together in one book, and intend (with your...
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...illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and...better than I could express myself. Pray accept the sinccrcst acknowledgments. I cannot but wish these letters were put together in one book, and intend,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 11

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...illustrated with a ray of your " own, as they say our natural body is the same still " when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than " I did before, and...know " I meant just what you explain ; but I did not ex" plain my own meaning so well as you. You un" derstand me as well as I do myself; but youex" press...
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...illustrated with a ray of your " own, as they say our natural body is the same still " when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than " I did before, and so will every man ejse. I know " I rneant just what you explain ; but I did not ex" plain my own meaning so well as you....
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...illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and so will every n>an else. I know I meant just what you explain ; but I did not explain my own meaning so well as you....
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...illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and...I could express myself. Pray accept the sincerest acknowledgments. I cannot but wish these letters were put together in one book, and intend (with your...
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