Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... body ; oc- casioned ( to use a scholastic metaphor ) by that very quick succession of its component parts , which often goes near to destroy its personal iden- tity . Whatever therefore may be true of such a society at one time , may be ...
... body ; oc- casioned ( to use a scholastic metaphor ) by that very quick succession of its component parts , which often goes near to destroy its personal iden- tity . Whatever therefore may be true of such a society at one time , may be ...
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... body in the pa- rish but knows exactly the dimensions of the hall and saloon at Houghton , and begin to believe that the lanthorn * is not so great a consumer of the fat of the land as disaffected persons have said : for your reputation ...
... body in the pa- rish but knows exactly the dimensions of the hall and saloon at Houghton , and begin to believe that the lanthorn * is not so great a consumer of the fat of the land as disaffected persons have said : for your reputation ...
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... body mighty well , except myself , who was extremely sick the whole time : we reached Calais by five : The weather changed , and it began to snow hard the minute we came * In justice to the memory of so respectable a friend , Mr ...
... body mighty well , except myself , who was extremely sick the whole time : we reached Calais by five : The weather changed , and it began to snow hard the minute we came * In justice to the memory of so respectable a friend , Mr ...
Page 54
... body rises to eat of what they call the gouter , which supplies the place of our tea , and is a service of wine , fruits , cream , sweetmeats , crawfish , and cheese . People take what they like , and sit down again to play ; after that ...
... body rises to eat of what they call the gouter , which supplies the place of our tea , and is a service of wine , fruits , cream , sweetmeats , crawfish , and cheese . People take what they like , and sit down again to play ; after that ...
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... body in it . Mr. Walpole had a mind to make a custom of the thing , and would have given a ball in the same manner next week , but the women did not come into it ; so I believe it will drop , and they will re- turn to their dull cards ...
... body in it . Mr. Walpole had a mind to make a custom of the thing , and would have given a ball in the same manner next week , but the women did not come into it ; so I believe it will drop , and they will re- turn to their dull cards ...
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