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... prove more valuable , perhaps , than a finished drawing from memory . It will be any thing but a panegyric : my aim is to paint him as he was . That his passions were violent and impetuous , cannot be denied ; but his feelings and ...
... prove more valuable , perhaps , than a finished drawing from memory . It will be any thing but a panegyric : my aim is to paint him as he was . That his passions were violent and impetuous , cannot be denied ; but his feelings and ...
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... proved this . They fought " after a quarrel of three years , during " which they were practising daily . Stack- 66 66 66 poole was so good a shot that he used to cut off the heads of the fowls for din- ner as they drank out of the coops ...
... proved this . They fought " after a quarrel of three years , during " which they were practising daily . Stack- 66 66 66 poole was so good a shot that he used to cut off the heads of the fowls for din- ner as they drank out of the coops ...
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... prove " the assassination to have taken place by " order of the police . I had my foot in " the stirrup at my usual hour of exer- 66 cise , when my horse started at the 66 66 66 report of a gun . On looking 38 CONVERSATIONS OF.
... prove " the assassination to have taken place by " order of the police . I had my foot in " the stirrup at my usual hour of exer- 66 cise , when my horse started at the 66 66 66 report of a gun . On looking 38 CONVERSATIONS OF.
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... prove a good lesson to young men ; for it " treats of the irregular life I led at one period , and the fatal consequences of 66 66 dissipation . There are few parts that may not , and none that will not , be " read by women . " Another ...
... prove a good lesson to young men ; for it " treats of the irregular life I led at one period , and the fatal consequences of 66 66 dissipation . There are few parts that may not , and none that will not , be " read by women . " Another ...
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... prove so . I shall never forget the " 2d of January ! Lady Byron ( Byrn , he 66 66 pronounced it ) was the only uncon- " cerned person present ; Lady Noel , her દ 46 mother , cried ; I trembled like a leaf , " made the wrong responses ...
... prove so . I shall never forget the " 2d of January ! Lady Byron ( Byrn , he 66 66 pronounced it ) was the only uncon- " cerned person present ; Lady Noel , her દ 46 mother , cried ; I trembled like a leaf , " made the wrong responses ...
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