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... give , in his own words , the history of his life ; and I have only added such remarks as I judged necessary for connection or explanation ; indeed the even tenor of his life , during its greater portion , affords but little matter for ...
... give , in his own words , the history of his life ; and I have only added such remarks as I judged necessary for connection or explanation ; indeed the even tenor of his life , during its greater portion , affords but little matter for ...
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... give to hu- man nature its chief interest and its highest beauty . I must now make my acknowledgements generally to those friends and correspondents of my father who have most kindly placed their letters at my disposal . And in ...
... give to hu- man nature its chief interest and its highest beauty . I must now make my acknowledgements generally to those friends and correspondents of my father who have most kindly placed their letters at my disposal . And in ...
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... give its title * at the bottom of the page . This publication is in no respect cre- ditable to its author , and , on the score of decency , highly discreditable to him . But the fact , which is well worth the two shillings I gave for ...
... give its title * at the bottom of the page . This publication is in no respect cre- ditable to its author , and , on the score of decency , highly discreditable to him . But the fact , which is well worth the two shillings I gave for ...
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... give me a sword . took a strange turn when I was about nine years old ; I had been reading the historical plays of Shakspeare , and concluded there must be civil wars in my own time , and resolved to be a very great man , like the Earl ...
... give me a sword . took a strange turn when I was about nine years old ; I had been reading the historical plays of Shakspeare , and concluded there must be civil wars in my own time , and resolved to be a very great man , like the Earl ...
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... give orders to his gyp by blowing a French horn , and he had a tune for every specific command , which the gyp was trained to understand , till so noisy and unacademical a practice was forbidden . There he ran wild , and contracted ...
... give orders to his gyp by blowing a French horn , and he had a tune for every specific command , which the gyp was trained to understand , till so noisy and unacademical a practice was forbidden . There he ran wild , and contracted ...
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