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... mentioned before higher company , though , perhaps , every body knows of them . " He placed this subject in a new light to me , and showed , that a man who has risen in the world , must not be con- demned too harshly , for being distant ...
... mentioned before higher company , though , perhaps , every body knows of them . " He placed this subject in a new light to me , and showed , that a man who has risen in the world , must not be con- demned too harshly , for being distant ...
Page 338
... mention his birth - day . He did not seem pleased at this time that I mentioned it , and said ( somewhat sternly , ) " he would not have the lustre lighted the next day . " Some ladies , who had been present yesterday when I mentioned ...
... mention his birth - day . He did not seem pleased at this time that I mentioned it , and said ( somewhat sternly , ) " he would not have the lustre lighted the next day . " Some ladies , who had been present yesterday when I mentioned ...
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... mentioned that I had in my possession the Life of Sir Robert Sibbald , the celebrated Scottish antiquary , and founder of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh , in the original manuscript in his own hand writing ; and that it ...
... mentioned that I had in my possession the Life of Sir Robert Sibbald , the celebrated Scottish antiquary , and founder of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh , in the original manuscript in his own hand writing ; and that it ...
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