The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... received with becoming gratitude ; and from time to time he was acquainted with the progress of the cure , and the effects of the medicine supposed to have been admi- nistered in consequence of his prescriptions . At the end of six ...
... received with becoming gratitude ; and from time to time he was acquainted with the progress of the cure , and the effects of the medicine supposed to have been admi- nistered in consequence of his prescriptions . At the end of six ...
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... received a pension of 2001. a year . It might have been amusing at the time , to consider the opposite ideas ... receiving this mark of favour , and expressing his gra- titude for it , might not be able to check the rising thought , that ...
... received a pension of 2001. a year . It might have been amusing at the time , to consider the opposite ideas ... receiving this mark of favour , and expressing his gra- titude for it , might not be able to check the rising thought , that ...
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... received her latest breath , and heard her last supplication , which was a prayer to Heaven to pour its blessings on the most unworthy of men ! Here let me end this letter.No words can ex- press the feelings which these reflections ...
... received her latest breath , and heard her last supplication , which was a prayer to Heaven to pour its blessings on the most unworthy of men ! Here let me end this letter.No words can ex- press the feelings which these reflections ...
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... received of her gave me much uneasiness . I was informed , that she discovered a fondness for dress , a vanity and love of admiration unworthy of her , and unlike her former deportment . I trembled at those reports ; unsuita- ble as ...
... received of her gave me much uneasiness . I was informed , that she discovered a fondness for dress , a vanity and love of admiration unworthy of her , and unlike her former deportment . I trembled at those reports ; unsuita- ble as ...
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... received . I was repeatedly advised to persist ; and though I did not obtain promises from many , was constantly flattered with assurances that I should not be disappointed . My opponent was a man new and unknown in the country , but ...
... received . I was repeatedly advised to persist ; and though I did not obtain promises from many , was constantly flattered with assurances that I should not be disappointed . My opponent was a man new and unknown in the country , but ...
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