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Page xxxviii
... called for their cloaks . Lord Cadogan's servant , a good- humoured alert lad , brought his lordship's in a minute . The duke's servant , a lazy sulky dog , was so sluggish , that his grace , being wet to the skin , reproved him , and ...
... called for their cloaks . Lord Cadogan's servant , a good- humoured alert lad , brought his lordship's in a minute . The duke's servant , a lazy sulky dog , was so sluggish , that his grace , being wet to the skin , reproved him , and ...
Page xlii
... of mankind . For instance , when he relates [ vol . i . , p . 172 ] that a " great personage " called the English Divines of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries " 6 ' Giants , " we conclude that George Preface to Mr Croker's edition.
... of mankind . For instance , when he relates [ vol . i . , p . 172 ] that a " great personage " called the English Divines of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries " 6 ' Giants , " we conclude that George Preface to Mr Croker's edition.
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... called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling - book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE : but , I fear , no copy of it can now be had . " He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins , usher or under- master of Lichfield school ...
... called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling - book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE : but , I fear , no copy of it can now be had . " He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins , usher or under- master of Lichfield school ...
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... Windham that he was so ignorant as to say that the Ramei ( the disciples of Ramus ) were so called from ramus , a bough . - Croker . D Having given such a specimen of his poetical powers , ĘT . 19 . 33 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... Windham that he was so ignorant as to say that the Ramei ( the disciples of Ramus ) were so called from ramus , a bough . - Croker . D Having given such a specimen of his poetical powers , ĘT . 19 . 33 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... called morbid vivacity . He wrote a series of essays in The London Magazine , under the title of the Hypochondriack , seventy in number , commencing in 1777 , and carried on till 1783. - Croker . Jan. 29th , 1791 , Boswell writes thus ...
... called morbid vivacity . He wrote a series of essays in The London Magazine , under the title of the Hypochondriack , seventy in number , commencing in 1777 , and carried on till 1783. - Croker . Jan. 29th , 1791 , Boswell writes thus ...
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