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Page 96
... mean ideas ; nor be for ever gaping , when we only mean to deliver a whisper . From The Bee : Being Essays on the Most Interesting 966.
... mean ideas ; nor be for ever gaping , when we only mean to deliver a whisper . From The Bee : Being Essays on the Most Interesting 966.
Page 107
... means I passed them by , and at last fixed my eye upon a small carriage , Berlin fashion , which seemed the most convenient vehicle at a distance in the world ; and , upon my nearer approach , found it to be The fame machine . I ...
... means I passed them by , and at last fixed my eye upon a small carriage , Berlin fashion , which seemed the most convenient vehicle at a distance in the world ; and , upon my nearer approach , found it to be The fame machine . I ...
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... means fashionable , even dandified ) ; little Comedy was her younger daughter , Catharine ; the Captain in Lace her fifteen - year old son , Charles . Mrs Nesbitt was a sister of Henry Thrale , Johnson's friend , and Angelica Kauffman ...
... means fashionable , even dandified ) ; little Comedy was her younger daughter , Catharine ; the Captain in Lace her fifteen - year old son , Charles . Mrs Nesbitt was a sister of Henry Thrale , Johnson's friend , and Angelica Kauffman ...
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