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... remarkable sayings to re- cord , and no new facts to embellish his narra- tive . Every thing to which the fame of this great writer could give importance has been gleaned with a minuteness of research , that leaves nothing to be ...
... remarkable sayings to re- cord , and no new facts to embellish his narra- tive . Every thing to which the fame of this great writer could give importance has been gleaned with a minuteness of research , that leaves nothing to be ...
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... remarkable for his strength and skill in the art of attack and defence , that he was never thrown or conquered . " His mother , Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of substantial yeomanry in Warwickshire , was the sister of Dr ...
... remarkable for his strength and skill in the art of attack and defence , that he was never thrown or conquered . " His mother , Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of substantial yeomanry in Warwickshire , was the sister of Dr ...
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... remarkable instances were long remembered there . Hence it may be inferred , that he either remained at Stourbridge longer than a year , or occasionally revisited his acquaint- ance there , before he removed to London . This he might ...
... remarkable instances were long remembered there . Hence it may be inferred , that he either remained at Stourbridge longer than a year , or occasionally revisited his acquaint- ance there , before he removed to London . This he might ...
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... remarkable for ele- gance and good - breeding . In the same society he became acquainted with the Hon . Henry Hervey , one of the branches of the noble family of that name , who married Miss Aston , and was * Life of Smith . quartered ...
... remarkable for ele- gance and good - breeding . In the same society he became acquainted with the Hon . Henry Hervey , one of the branches of the noble family of that name , who married Miss Aston , and was * Life of Smith . quartered ...
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... share amounted only to twenty pounds . This appears by a note in one of his diaries , of Anecdotes , p . 157 . the following year , which is remarkable for his early DR JOHNSON . 39 of liberty; and so I made this epigram upon ...
... share amounted only to twenty pounds . This appears by a note in one of his diaries , of Anecdotes , p . 157 . the following year , which is remarkable for his early DR JOHNSON . 39 of liberty; and so I made this epigram upon ...
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