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... pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear- baiting , will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking_does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ...
... pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear- baiting , will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking_does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ...
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... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recom- mend a squeeze of this orange ; -or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " — " Sir , Sir , I am obliged to you , Sir , " cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him ...
... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recom- mend a squeeze of this orange ; -or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " — " Sir , Sir , I am obliged to you , Sir , " cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him ...
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... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that pleasure was abated . " Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well ; I dined with him the other day . * * * * * " It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening of the ...
... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that pleasure was abated . " Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well ; I dined with him the other day . * * * * * " It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening of the ...
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... Notes of his Tour in France . I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with him in London , in the spring of this year . 2 Prayers and Meditations , p . 151 . It appears from a note subjoined , that this was A.D. 1776 63 Ætat . 67.
... Notes of his Tour in France . I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with him in London , in the spring of this year . 2 Prayers and Meditations , p . 151 . It appears from a note subjoined , that this was A.D. 1776 63 Ætat . 67.
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... pleasure in hearing that you are at last on good terms with your father . Cultivate his kindness by all honest and manly means . Life is but short ; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorrow , or contests upon ...
... pleasure in hearing that you are at last on good terms with your father . Cultivate his kindness by all honest and manly means . Life is but short ; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorrow , or contests upon ...
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