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... Wiltshire - - Mr . Perry ( of the Morning Chronicle ) - - False alarm — Aylesbury -
- Brighton - Salisbury - Dorchester - Charles Murray - Biggs - Curious
applications - Stage - struck Heroes - Taunton Theatre , & c .Weymouth -
Gloucester House ...
... Wiltshire - - Mr . Perry ( of the Morning Chronicle ) - - False alarm — Aylesbury -
- Brighton - Salisbury - Dorchester - Charles Murray - Biggs - Curious
applications - Stage - struck Heroes - Taunton Theatre , & c .Weymouth -
Gloucester House ...
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Charles Wildbore , whose talents as a mathematician were universally
acknowledged , for , as such , few , if any , ever excelled him . I once saw him
returning homeward from Nottingham and I felt a degree of respect for him that I
cannot well ...
Charles Wildbore , whose talents as a mathematician were universally
acknowledged , for , as such , few , if any , ever excelled him . I once saw him
returning homeward from Nottingham and I felt a degree of respect for him that I
cannot well ...
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This benevolent gentleman took a great fancy to his young protegé , Master
Charles Wildbore . He was frequently employed on little missions where the
servants were not thought sufficiently trustworthy , but Master Charles possessed
the full ...
This benevolent gentleman took a great fancy to his young protegé , Master
Charles Wildbore . He was frequently employed on little missions where the
servants were not thought sufficiently trustworthy , but Master Charles possessed
the full ...
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Now the good old man just alluded to had made himself conspicuous for his
generous disposition and the general excellence of his tap . One day a few of his
friends were assembled to taste it , Charles was instantly called to fill a pitcher of
the ...
Now the good old man just alluded to had made himself conspicuous for his
generous disposition and the general excellence of his tap . One day a few of his
friends were assembled to taste it , Charles was instantly called to fill a pitcher of
the ...
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He readily forgavo the blunder , but was cautious afterwards how he trusted
Charles to draw his most excellent ale . There was another person at Nottingham
well known to me when I first began scribbling for the almanacks ! This was a fine
...
He readily forgavo the blunder , but was cautious afterwards how he trusted
Charles to draw his most excellent ale . There was another person at Nottingham
well known to me when I first began scribbling for the almanacks ! This was a fine
...
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