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... Knight of the shire , first justice at the assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise , In all employments , generous , just he prov'd Renown'd for courtesy , by all belov'd . extending further back than that period .
... Knight of the shire , first justice at the assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise , In all employments , generous , just he prov'd Renown'd for courtesy , by all belov'd . extending further back than that period .
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My vanity was flattered by this success ; but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my productions , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus escaped the misfor- tune of being , probably ...
My vanity was flattered by this success ; but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my productions , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus escaped the misfor- tune of being , probably ...
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This was the second Governor who had honored me with his attention ; and , to a poor boy , as I was then , these little adventures did not fail to be pleasing . We arrived at Philadelphia . On the way I received Vernon's money , without ...
This was the second Governor who had honored me with his attention ; and , to a poor boy , as I was then , these little adventures did not fail to be pleasing . We arrived at Philadelphia . On the way I received Vernon's money , without ...
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I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer suffered terribly . Tired of the project , he sighed for the flesh pots of Egypt . At length he ordered a roast pig , and invited me and two of our female acquaintance to dine with him ...
I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer suffered terribly . Tired of the project , he sighed for the flesh pots of Egypt . At length he ordered a roast pig , and invited me and two of our female acquaintance to dine with him ...
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But what are we to think of a Governor who could play so scurvy a trick , and thus grossly deceive a poor young lad , wholly destitute of experience ? It was a practice with him . Wish- ing to please every body , and having little to ...
But what are we to think of a Governor who could play so scurvy a trick , and thus grossly deceive a poor young lad , wholly destitute of experience ? It was a practice with him . Wish- ing to please every body , and having little to ...
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