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... my own personal knowledge for the truth of my statements : - - now it happens
somewhat unfortunately that the first 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
!
... my own personal knowledge for the truth of my statements : - - now it happens
somewhat unfortunately that the first 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
!
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 , till ...
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 , till ...
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... 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 this worthy ...
... 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 this worthy ...
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Robin either sunk with him , or did not long survive him . 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 ...
Robin either sunk with him , or did not long survive him . 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 ...
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