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Page xlv
... keep as a memorial of him ; and his coffin was opened again , after it had been closed up , to procure this lcck of hair from his head . This relic is still in the possession of the family , and is the only one of the kind which has ...
... keep as a memorial of him ; and his coffin was opened again , after it had been closed up , to procure this lcck of hair from his head . This relic is still in the possession of the family , and is the only one of the kind which has ...
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... keeping by a Nabob's wife . Why should not I , then , in the world appear ? I soon shall have a thousand pounds a year ; What signifies below what men inherit ? In London , there they've some regard for merit . Mother still talks ' of ...
... keeping by a Nabob's wife . Why should not I , then , in the world appear ? I soon shall have a thousand pounds a year ; What signifies below what men inherit ? In London , there they've some regard for merit . Mother still talks ' of ...
Page lxxii
... keep pace with generosity . His disposi- tion of mind was tender and compassionate ; no unhappy person ever sued to him for relief without obtaining it , if he had any thing to give , and , rather than not relieve the distressed , he ...
... keep pace with generosity . His disposi- tion of mind was tender and compassionate ; no unhappy person ever sued to him for relief without obtaining it , if he had any thing to give , and , rather than not relieve the distressed , he ...
Page lxxviii
... keep his knowledge to himself . I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before , ' As I take my shoes from the shoemaker , and my coat from the tailor , so I take my religion from the priest . ' I regretted this loose way of ...
... keep his knowledge to himself . I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before , ' As I take my shoes from the shoemaker , and my coat from the tailor , so I take my religion from the priest . ' I regretted this loose way of ...
Page lxxxv
... keep people , if possible , from being thus the heralds of their own shame ; for what compassion can they gain by such silly narratives ? No man should be expected to sympathize with the sorrows of vanity . If then you are mortified by ...
... keep people , if possible , from being thus the heralds of their own shame ; for what compassion can they gain by such silly narratives ? No man should be expected to sympathize with the sorrows of vanity . If then you are mortified by ...
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