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... soon to hold a commission in the marines . He was a fine handsome man , of considerable talents , and of a con- vivial temper . I have heard him spoken of with admiration by persons who were intimate with him in their youth . He could ...
... soon to hold a commission in the marines . He was a fine handsome man , of considerable talents , and of a con- vivial temper . I have heard him spoken of with admiration by persons who were intimate with him in their youth . He could ...
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... Mary Darby ( I think her name was ) , then in her beauty and innocence , soon afterwards notorious as the Prince of Wales's Perdita , and to be remembered hereafter , though a poor poetess , as having , с 3 ROBERT SOUTHEY . 21.
... Mary Darby ( I think her name was ) , then in her beauty and innocence , soon afterwards notorious as the Prince of Wales's Perdita , and to be remembered hereafter , though a poor poetess , as having , с 3 ROBERT SOUTHEY . 21.
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... soon as he was born , and never forgot the way by which he was taken to be christened , nor the faces of the persons who were present at that ceremony . But he was an extraordinary child , who , though he neither danced nor sung nor ...
... soon as he was born , and never forgot the way by which he was taken to be christened , nor the faces of the persons who were present at that ceremony . But he was an extraordinary child , who , though he neither danced nor sung nor ...
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... soon afterwards , an early removal to a better world . She died of hydrocephalus , a disease to which the most promising children are the most liable . Happily neither her parents nor her grandmother ever suspected , what is exceedingly ...
... soon afterwards , an early removal to a better world . She died of hydrocephalus , a disease to which the most promising children are the most liable . Happily neither her parents nor her grandmother ever suspected , what is exceedingly ...
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... soon as I could read , which was very early , Mr. Newberry presented me with a whole set of these books , more than twenty in number : I dare say they were in Miss Tyler's possession at her death , and in perfect preservation , for she ...
... soon as I could read , which was very early , Mr. Newberry presented me with a whole set of these books , more than twenty in number : I dare say they were in Miss Tyler's possession at her death , and in perfect preservation , for she ...
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