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ADDISON : JO OSEPH ADDISON was born on the first of May , 1672 ?, 1 at Milston , of which his father , Lancelot Addison , was then rector , near Ambrosbury in Wiltshire ? , and appearing weak and unlikely to live he was christened the ...
ADDISON : JO OSEPH ADDISON was born on the first of May , 1672 ?, 1 at Milston , of which his father , Lancelot Addison , was then rector , near Ambrosbury in Wiltshire ? , and appearing weak and unlikely to live he was christened the ...
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But it seems that busy men seldom live long in a state of quiet . It is not unlikely that his health declined " . He complains of deafness ; ' for , ' says he , ' I took little care of my ears while I was not sure if my head was my own ...
But it seems that busy men seldom live long in a state of quiet . It is not unlikely that his health declined " . He complains of deafness ; ' for , ' says he , ' I took little care of my ears while I was not sure if my head was my own ...
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... for a man must As Charles Boyle he took part in live , and if he precludes himself from the discussion about the ... will probably be reduced name lives in the astronomical apto very wicked shifts to maintain paratus called after ...
... for a man must As Charles Boyle he took part in live , and if he precludes himself from the discussion about the ... will probably be reduced name lives in the astronomical apto very wicked shifts to maintain paratus called after ...
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