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... Whose turf , whose shade , whofe flowers among , His filver winding way . Wanders the boary Thames along To have arranged the correlates of the two first lines properly , ought not either the first of them to have stood thus , of lawn ...
... Whose turf , whose shade , whofe flowers among , His filver winding way . Wanders the boary Thames along To have arranged the correlates of the two first lines properly , ought not either the first of them to have stood thus , of lawn ...
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... whose filial affec- tion was equal to his fpirit , to call the Baronet to a perfonal account . On hearing that the latter expreffed his determination to engage him with fwords , on their firit meeting , the Noble Lord , then Colonel ...
... whose filial affec- tion was equal to his fpirit , to call the Baronet to a perfonal account . On hearing that the latter expreffed his determination to engage him with fwords , on their firit meeting , the Noble Lord , then Colonel ...
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... whose balloon was equally vifible to the inhabitants of the me- tropolis . When it was over St. Paul's , M. Garnerin afked Captain Sowden how he felt himself ? The Captain re plied , that he was perfectly enchanted with his fituation ...
... whose balloon was equally vifible to the inhabitants of the me- tropolis . When it was over St. Paul's , M. Garnerin afked Captain Sowden how he felt himself ? The Captain re plied , that he was perfectly enchanted with his fituation ...
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... whose history they have recorded , and the apparently hy perbolical stories told of certain veffels , conftructed even in the remoteft ages , is thus accounted for : " A variety of causes have contributed , from the ear lieft ages of ...
... whose history they have recorded , and the apparently hy perbolical stories told of certain veffels , conftructed even in the remoteft ages , is thus accounted for : " A variety of causes have contributed , from the ear lieft ages of ...
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... whose name is Brey , while her husband was on his bufinefs at a tin - mine , took an infant of ten months old out of the cradle , undreffed it , and laid it on a red - hot baking iron , then throwing a fheave of reeds over the infant ...
... whose name is Brey , while her husband was on his bufinefs at a tin - mine , took an infant of ten months old out of the cradle , undreffed it , and laid it on a red - hot baking iron , then throwing a fheave of reeds over the infant ...
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