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... favour of his foreman , and went to live at a country - house near town . He soon grew weary , and paid frequent visits to his old shop , where he desired they might let him know their melting - days , and he would come and assist them ...
... favour of his foreman , and went to live at a country - house near town . He soon grew weary , and paid frequent visits to his old shop , where he desired they might let him know their melting - days , and he would come and assist them ...
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... favoured me . & On Saturday , the sixth of May , we dined by ourselves at the Mitre , and he dictated to me what follows , to obviate the complaint already mentioned , which had been made in the form of an action in the Court of Session ...
... favoured me . & On Saturday , the sixth of May , we dined by ourselves at the Mitre , and he dictated to me what follows , to obviate the complaint already mentioned , which had been made in the form of an action in the Court of Session ...
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... favour to him , which he thus requests in a letter to me : ' I intend ' soon to give you the " Life of Robert Bruce , " which you will be pleased to transmit to Dr : Johnson . I wish that you could assist me in a fancy which I have ...
... favour to him , which he thus requests in a letter to me : ' I intend ' soon to give you the " Life of Robert Bruce , " which you will be pleased to transmit to Dr : Johnson . I wish that you could assist me in a fancy which I have ...
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... favour me with his friendly opinion and advice . As first , the opinion of some distinguished naturalists , that our species is trans- mitted through males only , the female being all along no more than a nidus , or nurse , as Mother ...
... favour me with his friendly opinion and advice . As first , the opinion of some distinguished naturalists , that our species is trans- mitted through males only , the female being all along no more than a nidus , or nurse , as Mother ...
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... favour ? Must they be passed by upon moral principles for ever , because they were once excluded by a legal prohibition ? Or may that which passed only to males by one law , pass likewise to females by another ? " You mention your ...
... favour ? Must they be passed by upon moral principles for ever , because they were once excluded by a legal prohibition ? Or may that which passed only to males by one law , pass likewise to females by another ? " You mention your ...
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