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... fact necessary to be spoken of, should be one that I absolutely know nothing at
all about! — I mean the certain time of my birth! On this point, I must, like all other
men» be satisfied with hearsay evidence only. I was told* while * MEMOIRS OF.
... fact necessary to be spoken of, should be one that I absolutely know nothing at
all about! — I mean the certain time of my birth! On this point, I must, like all other
men» be satisfied with hearsay evidence only. I was told* while * MEMOIRS OF.
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I mean not that he should catch a cold by standing barefooted on the damp
stones of the church floor, clad in the penitential garb, but that in a sheet of white
paper he should make that confession and atonement which he has it in his
power so ...
I mean not that he should catch a cold by standing barefooted on the damp
stones of the church floor, clad in the penitential garb, but that in a sheet of white
paper he should make that confession and atonement which he has it in his
power so ...
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Being christened, I was of course somewhat raised in the scale of society ; I mean
according to the estimation and most accredited and best received opinions .of
all good men ; but I really knew very little or nothing of my own advancement, ...
Being christened, I was of course somewhat raised in the scale of society ; I mean
according to the estimation and most accredited and best received opinions .of
all good men ; but I really knew very little or nothing of my own advancement, ...
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... perhaps, no better means of forming a judgment can be imagined, than the
extensive sale of this, compared with that of the other almanacks. Some years of
inquiry have induced me to believe, that this work circulates far and wide.
However ...
... perhaps, no better means of forming a judgment can be imagined, than the
extensive sale of this, compared with that of the other almanacks. Some years of
inquiry have induced me to believe, that this work circulates far and wide.
However ...
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I mean not to infer that he was the first person who wrote under that title, but that
he was the most successful. Even that genuine son of whim and frolic — that
eccentric genius, O'Keefe, could not, in this species of writing, equal Mr. Pearson.
I mean not to infer that he was the first person who wrote under that title, but that
he was the most successful. Even that genuine son of whim and frolic — that
eccentric genius, O'Keefe, could not, in this species of writing, equal Mr. Pearson.
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