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... affected by parti- zular qualities in the person he admires , the impressions of which are too minute and delicate to be substantiated in language . The following very solemn and affecting prayer was found after Dr. Johnson's decease ...
... affected by parti- zular qualities in the person he admires , the impressions of which are too minute and delicate to be substantiated in language . The following very solemn and affecting prayer was found after Dr. Johnson's decease ...
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... affected my nerves for some time after , he said , " One had better be palsied at eighteen than not keep company ... affecting the English mode of expression , had previously characterised as a super- stitious dog ; " but after hearing ...
... affected my nerves for some time after , he said , " One had better be palsied at eighteen than not keep company ... affecting the English mode of expression , had previously characterised as a super- stitious dog ; " but after hearing ...
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... affected by the cold , scolded me , as if my shivering had been a paltry effeminacy , say- ing , " Why do you shiver ? " Sir William Scott , of the Commons , told me that when he complained of a headache in the post - chaise , as they ...
... affected by the cold , scolded me , as if my shivering had been a paltry effeminacy , say- ing , " Why do you shiver ? " Sir William Scott , of the Commons , told me that when he complained of a headache in the post - chaise , as they ...
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