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... received information from all parts , that they run gadding after a puppet - show . I know very well , that what I here say , will be thought by some malicious persons to flow from envy to Mr. Powell ; for which reason I shall set the ...
... received information from all parts , that they run gadding after a puppet - show . I know very well , that what I here say , will be thought by some malicious persons to flow from envy to Mr. Powell ; for which reason I shall set the ...
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... received , which occasioned the perplexity I am go- ing to relate . We were in a calm evening diverting ourselves upon the top of a cliff with the prospect of the sea , and trifling away the time in such little fondnesses as are most ...
... received , which occasioned the perplexity I am go- ing to relate . We were in a calm evening diverting ourselves upon the top of a cliff with the prospect of the sea , and trifling away the time in such little fondnesses as are most ...
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... received so many complaints from such different hands , that I shall disoblige multitudes of my corres- pondents , if I do not take notice of them . Some of the deceased , who I thought had been laid quietly in their graves , are such ...
... received so many complaints from such different hands , that I shall disoblige multitudes of my corres- pondents , if I do not take notice of them . Some of the deceased , who I thought had been laid quietly in their graves , are such ...
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As I was writing this morning on this subject , I received the following letter : " Mr. BICKERSTAFF , From the Banks of styx . " I MUST confess I treated you very scurrilous- " ly when you first sent me hither ; but you have dis ...
As I was writing this morning on this subject , I received the following letter : " Mr. BICKERSTAFF , From the Banks of styx . " I MUST confess I treated you very scurrilous- " ly when you first sent me hither ; but you have dis ...
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... received a ring , or some other token , from a person who was placed as a guard at the gate of it . He wore a garland of ro- ses and myrtles on his head , and on his shoulders a robe like an imperial mantle , white and unspotted all ...
... received a ring , or some other token , from a person who was placed as a guard at the gate of it . He wore a garland of ro- ses and myrtles on his head , and on his shoulders a robe like an imperial mantle , white and unspotted all ...
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