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... seen . " The truth is , Ranelagh is of a more beautiful form ; more of it , or rather indeed the whole rotunda , appears at once , and it is better lighted . However , as Johnson observed , we saw the Pantheon in time of mourning , when ...
... seen . " The truth is , Ranelagh is of a more beautiful form ; more of it , or rather indeed the whole rotunda , appears at once , and it is better lighted . However , as Johnson observed , we saw the Pantheon in time of mourning , when ...
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... seen an apparition . Goldsmith told us , he was assured by his brother , the Reverend Mr. Goldsmith , that he also had seen one . General Oglethorpe told us , that Pren- dergast , an officer in the Duke of Marlborough's army , had ...
... seen an apparition . Goldsmith told us , he was assured by his brother , the Reverend Mr. Goldsmith , that he also had seen one . General Oglethorpe told us , that Pren- dergast , an officer in the Duke of Marlborough's army , had ...
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... seen ? Of the past , or the invisible , they can tell nothing . The inhabitants of Otaheité and New Zealand are not in a state of pure nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people . Had they grown out of the ground ...
... seen ? Of the past , or the invisible , they can tell nothing . The inhabitants of Otaheité and New Zealand are not in a state of pure nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people . Had they grown out of the ground ...
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