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... acquaintance of the Reverend William Temple to whom , in a correspondence of thirty - seven years , he poured out his " weak distemper'd soul that swells in sud- den gusts and sinks again in calms . " He called upon David Hume , then ...
... acquaintance of the Reverend William Temple to whom , in a correspondence of thirty - seven years , he poured out his " weak distemper'd soul that swells in sud- den gusts and sinks again in calms . " He called upon David Hume , then ...
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... acquaintance . When they were one evening to- gether at the Miss Cotterells ' , the then Duchess of Argyle and another lady of high rank came in . Johnson thinking that the Miss Cotterells were too much engrossed by them , and that he ...
... acquaintance . When they were one evening to- gether at the Miss Cotterells ' , the then Duchess of Argyle and another lady of high rank came in . Johnson thinking that the Miss Cotterells were too much engrossed by them , and that he ...
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... acquaintance with natural history than I possess . - Dr . Blagden , with his us- ual politeness , most obligingly examined the MS . To that gentleman , and to Dr. Gray , of the British Museum , who also very readily assisted me , I beg ...
... acquaintance with natural history than I possess . - Dr . Blagden , with his us- ual politeness , most obligingly examined the MS . To that gentleman , and to Dr. Gray , of the British Museum , who also very readily assisted me , I beg ...
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