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... passed in Scotland . " Anecdotes , ” p . 62 . 2 [ The Abbé de Choisi was sent by Louis XIV . on an embassy to the King of Siam in 1683 , with a view , it has been said , to convert the King of that country to Christianity . - M ...
... passed in Scotland . " Anecdotes , ” p . 62 . 2 [ The Abbé de Choisi was sent by Louis XIV . on an embassy to the King of Siam in 1683 , with a view , it has been said , to convert the King of that country to Christianity . - M ...
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... passed a day at Lincoln , unexpectedly , and therefore without having any letters of introduction , but that I had been honoured with civilities from the Rev. Mr. Simp- son , an acquaintance of his , and Captain Broadley , of the ...
... passed a day at Lincoln , unexpectedly , and therefore without having any letters of introduction , but that I had been honoured with civilities from the Rev. Mr. Simp- son , an acquaintance of his , and Captain Broadley , of the ...
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... passed some time at Auchinleck ; that the Countess of Loudoun , now in her ninety - ninth year , was as fresh as when he saw her , and remembered him with respect ; and that his mother by adoption , the Countess of Eglintoune , had said ...
... passed some time at Auchinleck ; that the Countess of Loudoun , now in her ninety - ninth year , was as fresh as when he saw her , and remembered him with respect ; and that his mother by adoption , the Countess of Eglintoune , had said ...
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... passed there , is a circumstance which a man who knows the teazing restraint of a narrow circle must relish highly . Mr. Burke , whose or- derly and amiable domestick habits might make the eye of observation less irksome to him than to ...
... passed there , is a circumstance which a man who knows the teazing restraint of a narrow circle must relish highly . Mr. Burke , whose or- derly and amiable domestick habits might make the eye of observation less irksome to him than to ...
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James Boswell. human insensibility and inconsideration . As he was The quali- passing by a fishmonger who was skinning an eel ties of different alive , he heard him “ curse it , because it would not lye still . ' On Wednesday , April 7 ...
James Boswell. human insensibility and inconsideration . As he was The quali- passing by a fishmonger who was skinning an eel ties of different alive , he heard him “ curse it , because it would not lye still . ' On Wednesday , April 7 ...
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