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Page 265
The arrival of this box excited in him the utmost rapture , but his emotions were particularly roused by the sight of the engravings , never having seen one before , or knowing that such things existed . He kept the box by his bedside ...
The arrival of this box excited in him the utmost rapture , but his emotions were particularly roused by the sight of the engravings , never having seen one before , or knowing that such things existed . He kept the box by his bedside ...
Page 308
But I have seen some ladies the victims of neglect in this way , who would not have been suffered to be so formerly . In these parties there must be constant exertion , on the part of the master of the ceremonies , to prevent usurpation ...
But I have seen some ladies the victims of neglect in this way , who would not have been suffered to be so formerly . In these parties there must be constant exertion , on the part of the master of the ceremonies , to prevent usurpation ...
Page 337
and published in the xxviii . volume of the Mémoires de l'Acad . des Inscriptions ; he had , therefore , never probably seen the very entertaining Life of Peiresc , written by Gassendi , from which I shall beg leave to extract the ...
and published in the xxviii . volume of the Mémoires de l'Acad . des Inscriptions ; he had , therefore , never probably seen the very entertaining Life of Peiresc , written by Gassendi , from which I shall beg leave to extract the ...
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Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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