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Page 348
... thing to re- store the exiled family . They would not give twenty shillings a piece to bring it about . But , if a mere vote could do it , there would be twenty to one ; at least , there would be a very great ma- jority of voices for it ...
... thing to re- store the exiled family . They would not give twenty shillings a piece to bring it about . But , if a mere vote could do it , there would be twenty to one ; at least , there would be a very great ma- jority of voices for it ...
Page 405
... thing it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do any thing else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . " LANGTON . " By the same rule you must join with a gang of cut - purs- es . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ...
... thing it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do any thing else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . " LANGTON . " By the same rule you must join with a gang of cut - purs- es . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ...
Page 429
... thing . I told Mrs. Thrale , ' You have so little anxiety about truth , that you nev- er tax your memory with the exact thing . ' Now what is the use of the memory to truth , if one is careless of exactness ? Lord Hailes's Annals of ...
... thing . I told Mrs. Thrale , ' You have so little anxiety about truth , that you nev- er tax your memory with the exact thing . ' Now what is the use of the memory to truth , if one is careless of exactness ? Lord Hailes's Annals of ...
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