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... accept of . I have reason to know , it is founded on good authori- ty ; for both my father and mother were related to your mother , and came from the same stock mentioned in the inclosed , which is the reason I am so well acquaint- ed ...
... accept of . I have reason to know , it is founded on good authori- ty ; for both my father and mother were related to your mother , and came from the same stock mentioned in the inclosed , which is the reason I am so well acquaint- ed ...
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... accepting the friendly invitation of the countess , who never ceased to retain the most affectionate regard for her . the pains to add , and hope it will not be long before we shall see the beginning of that noble book . I shall be in ...
... accepting the friendly invitation of the countess , who never ceased to retain the most affectionate regard for her . the pains to add , and hope it will not be long before we shall see the beginning of that noble book . I shall be in ...
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... accepted by Mr. Jones , and , in his nineteenth year , he went to London , and was so delighted with the manners of his pupil , then just seven years old , that he abandoned all thoughts of a profession , and resolved to devote him ...
... accepted by Mr. Jones , and , in his nineteenth year , he went to London , and was so delighted with the manners of his pupil , then just seven years old , that he abandoned all thoughts of a profession , and resolved to devote him ...
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... accepting the prof- fered office , under a resolution to consign the entire emoluments of it to his Syrian friend . During his summer residence at Wimbledon he formed an acquaintance to which he owed the future happiness of his life ...
... accepting the prof- fered office , under a resolution to consign the entire emoluments of it to his Syrian friend . During his summer residence at Wimbledon he formed an acquaintance to which he owed the future happiness of his life ...
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... Accept the accompanying ode , which is , at least , valuable for its antiquity . You will perhaps smile : it is not an epithalamium on the marriage of Antoinette the dauphi- ness , but contains the eulogium of a very ancient Chinese ...
... Accept the accompanying ode , which is , at least , valuable for its antiquity . You will perhaps smile : it is not an epithalamium on the marriage of Antoinette the dauphi- ness , but contains the eulogium of a very ancient Chinese ...
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