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... whole attention ! .... " Thou hast put poison in my drink , " as Falstaff says , " to make me doat upon thee ! " " When I waked this morning , you cannot con- ceive how delighted I was with the cloudiness of the sky ; and I am at this ...
... whole attention ! .... " Thou hast put poison in my drink , " as Falstaff says , " to make me doat upon thee ! " " When I waked this morning , you cannot con- ceive how delighted I was with the cloudiness of the sky ; and I am at this ...
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... whole month on a few bits of bread ; and he is now preparing a treatise , in which will be set forth a new and infallible method to prevent the spreading of the plague from France into England . • Batson's has been reckoned the seat of ...
... whole month on a few bits of bread ; and he is now preparing a treatise , in which will be set forth a new and infallible method to prevent the spreading of the plague from France into England . • Batson's has been reckoned the seat of ...
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... whole fraternity of stock - jobbers . The second is " the Triumph of Gideon . " This I intended , if a late project in favour of our brethren had not miscarried , should have been hung up in St. Stephen's Chapel , as a memorial of our ...
... whole fraternity of stock - jobbers . The second is " the Triumph of Gideon . " This I intended , if a late project in favour of our brethren had not miscarried , should have been hung up in St. Stephen's Chapel , as a memorial of our ...
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... whole ocean , I also found , was infested by pirates , who ransacked every rich vessel that came in their way . Most of these were endeavouring to make the Coast of Gain by hanging out false colours , or by forging their pass- ports ...
... whole ocean , I also found , was infested by pirates , who ransacked every rich vessel that came in their way . Most of these were endeavouring to make the Coast of Gain by hanging out false colours , or by forging their pass- ports ...
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... whole sex in general have expected from me some shrewd remarks upon the Marriage - Bill . To oblige them in some measure , I shall at present recommend to their notice the following advertisement , which has been sent me with a request ...
... whole sex in general have expected from me some shrewd remarks upon the Marriage - Bill . To oblige them in some measure , I shall at present recommend to their notice the following advertisement , which has been sent me with a request ...
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Página 110 - Nor ever yet did any good To them in streets that lie. His life was like a barrow hogge, That liveth many a day, Yet never once doth any good, Until men will him slay. Or like a filthy heap of dung, That lyeth in a whoard ; Which never can do any good, Till it be spread abroad. So fares it with the usurer, He cannot sleep in rest, For feare the thiefe will him pursue To plucke him from his nest.