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... seen the letter which Warburton had written in answer to a pamphlet , addressed , ' To the most impudent Man alive . ' He answered in the negative . Mr. Burney told him it was supposed to be written by Mallet . The controversy now raged ...
... seen the letter which Warburton had written in answer to a pamphlet , addressed , ' To the most impudent Man alive . ' He answered in the negative . Mr. Burney told him it was supposed to be written by Mallet . The controversy now raged ...
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... seen nothing I had not seen before , I have nothing to relate . Time has left that part of the island few antiquities ; and commerce has left the people no singularities . I was glad to go abroad , and , perhaps , glad to come home ...
... seen nothing I had not seen before , I have nothing to relate . Time has left that part of the island few antiquities ; and commerce has left the people no singularities . I was glad to go abroad , and , perhaps , glad to come home ...
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... seen in the same letter , which might be struck with different puncheons . The regular similitude of most letters proves better that they are metal . I saw nothing but the Speculum , which I had not seen , I think , before . " Thence to ...
... seen in the same letter , which might be struck with different puncheons . The regular similitude of most letters proves better that they are metal . I saw nothing but the Speculum , which I had not seen , I think , before . " Thence to ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
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