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... given place to the Adelphi ; afterwards at Bow Street , and in Holborn . In his Prayers and Meditations he refers to " a good night's rest " he once enjoyed in Fetter Lane , which comes next on the list . Then he is in Holborn again at ...
... given place to the Adelphi ; afterwards at Bow Street , and in Holborn . In his Prayers and Meditations he refers to " a good night's rest " he once enjoyed in Fetter Lane , which comes next on the list . Then he is in Holborn again at ...
Page ix
... given over to unattractive places of busi- ness , but formerly described by topographers as " fashionable . " In the interior the house is much altered , though it still reveals an ancient oak - balustraded staircase , while at the ...
... given over to unattractive places of busi- ness , but formerly described by topographers as " fashionable . " In the interior the house is much altered , though it still reveals an ancient oak - balustraded staircase , while at the ...
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... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
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... given , that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world ...
... given , that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world ...
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... given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . 1 Rambler , No. 60 . That the ...
... given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . 1 Rambler , No. 60 . That the ...
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