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... acquaintance . But ftill , if my rea the general tenor of my subject to me a muft beg leave to tell them a ftory . A traveller , in his way to Italy , found a country where the inhabitants had ea excrefcence depending from the chin : a ...
... acquaintance . But ftill , if my rea the general tenor of my subject to me a muft beg leave to tell them a ftory . A traveller , in his way to Italy , found a country where the inhabitants had ea excrefcence depending from the chin : a ...
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... acquainted , that he at laft becan of life . He detefted a world where he only ingratitude , falfehood , and cruel determined to make no defence ; and , th with refolution , he was dragged , bound before the tribunal of Septimius . As ...
... acquainted , that he at laft becan of life . He detefted a world where he only ingratitude , falfehood , and cruel determined to make no defence ; and , th with refolution , he was dragged , bound before the tribunal of Septimius . As ...
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... acquaintance . But , although fuch as have a knowle town , may easily class themselves with te genial to their own ; a countryman wh live in London , finds nothing more diffic regard to myself , none evertried with mor ORE * as off with ...
... acquaintance . But , although fuch as have a knowle town , may easily class themselves with te genial to their own ; a countryman wh live in London , finds nothing more diffic regard to myself , none evertried with mor ORE * as off with ...
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... acquaintance , and to fuch I will to- night introduce you . " I was charmed at the pro- pofal : to be acquainted with men worth forty thou- fand pounds , and to talk wisdom the whole night , were , offers that threw me into rapture . At ...
... acquaintance , and to fuch I will to- night introduce you . " I was charmed at the pro- pofal : to be acquainted with men worth forty thou- fand pounds , and to talk wisdom the whole night , were , offers that threw me into rapture . At ...
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... acquainted ; while the bug- man , at the fame time , was telling a better story of a noble lord with whom he could do any thing . A gentleman in a black wig and leather breeches , at the other end of the table , was engaged in a long ...
... acquainted ; while the bug- man , at the fame time , was telling a better story of a noble lord with whom he could do any thing . A gentleman in a black wig and leather breeches , at the other end of the table , was engaged in a long ...
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Page 170 - Frenchmen : we had no arms ; but one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time : so we went down to the door, where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay...
Page xi - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.