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... Intereft was the fupport of his fpirits , and the crutch of his old age : who , for forty - two years , lived in Clare - mar- ket as a journeyman butcher ; thirty - one years lodged in one gloomy garret , which during that time was ...
... Intereft was the fupport of his fpirits , and the crutch of his old age : who , for forty - two years , lived in Clare - mar- ket as a journeyman butcher ; thirty - one years lodged in one gloomy garret , which during that time was ...
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... intereft , frequently con- verfing with the petitioners , and looking with an eye which is not eafily described , nor to be obferved indeed without fome dread . He fat on his horfe in the pofture of a man who was abforbed in a thoufand ...
... intereft , frequently con- verfing with the petitioners , and looking with an eye which is not eafily described , nor to be obferved indeed without fome dread . He fat on his horfe in the pofture of a man who was abforbed in a thoufand ...
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... intereft I entertain for its fuccefs ; and be affured of the esteem with which I am , Sir , your very affectionate , St. Petersburg , 28 Feb. 1807 . ALEXANDER . To the Prefident of the Royal Humane Society , Great Britain ...
... intereft I entertain for its fuccefs ; and be affured of the esteem with which I am , Sir , your very affectionate , St. Petersburg , 28 Feb. 1807 . ALEXANDER . To the Prefident of the Royal Humane Society , Great Britain ...
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... intereft of Lord Southampton , then general Fitzroy , his Serene Highness the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel , appointed him a captain in the Heffian Jager corps . He now ordered all his horfes to be fold at Tat- terfall's , and having by ...
... intereft of Lord Southampton , then general Fitzroy , his Serene Highness the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel , appointed him a captain in the Heffian Jager corps . He now ordered all his horfes to be fold at Tat- terfall's , and having by ...
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... intereft , defign , nor deceit , herein ; but the truth I muft credit , and always fpeak , though but three people alive believe me ; and yet I am as much averfe to the many idle ftories of hobgoblins , and the like vain and villainous ...
... intereft , defign , nor deceit , herein ; but the truth I muft credit , and always fpeak , though but three people alive believe me ; and yet I am as much averfe to the many idle ftories of hobgoblins , and the like vain and villainous ...
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