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... months , and that is the only favour for which I was ever obliged to my relations . " Cannon Southey , however , though not very liberal to his kin , had a just regard to their legal rights , and left his property in trust for his great ...
... months , and that is the only favour for which I was ever obliged to my relations . " Cannon Southey , however , though not very liberal to his kin , had a just regard to their legal rights , and left his property in trust for his great ...
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... months old . He was singularly beautiful ; so much so , that , when I made my appear- ance on the 12th of August , 1774 * , I was sadly dis- * My birth - day was Friday the 12th of August , 1774 , -the time of my birth half - past eight ...
... months old . He was singularly beautiful ; so much so , that , when I made my appear- ance on the 12th of August , 1774 * , I was sadly dis- * My birth - day was Friday the 12th of August , 1774 , -the time of my birth half - past eight ...
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... months abroad , where some of your friends no doubt remember them , during the golden age of the factory , in 1774 , the year of my birth . Miss Tyler was then thirty - four . She was remark- ably beautiful , as far as any face can be ...
... months abroad , where some of your friends no doubt remember them , during the golden age of the factory , in 1774 , the year of my birth . Miss Tyler was then thirty - four . She was remark- ably beautiful , as far as any face can be ...
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... months while this practice was in season I was always put into Molly's bed first , for fear of an accident from the warming - pan , and removed when my aunt went to bed , so that I was regularly wakened out of a sound sleep . This ...
... months while this practice was in season I was always put into Molly's bed first , for fear of an accident from the warming - pan , and removed when my aunt went to bed , so that I was regularly wakened out of a sound sleep . This ...
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... months when the master died . He was succeeded by John Prior Estlin , a Socinian minister , with whom in after years I was well acquainted , a good scholar , and an excellent man . Had I continued at the school , he would have grounded ...
... months when the master died . He was succeeded by John Prior Estlin , a Socinian minister , with whom in after years I was well acquainted , a good scholar , and an excellent man . Had I continued at the school , he would have grounded ...
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