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...extraordinary person. He knew the business of everybody in London better than the people themselves. IJe happened to know everything that was going forward...complexion fresh enough to look forty, at a time when / believed him to be at least four times the age ; we had a joke against him in those days as to his...

...fashionable, literary, or theatrical ; in addition to all matters connected with military and naval affair-, agriculture, finance, art and science — everything...complexion fresh enough to look forty, at a time when / believed him to be at least four times the age ; we had a joke against him in those days as to his...

...last Wednesday, and as I London better than the people themselves. He happened to know every thing that was going forward in all circles, mercantile,...days as to his antiquity, in which he heartily and good-humouredly joined, until at last we got him to admit — and I almost think, believe — that...

...science—everything came alike to him; to AM inquiring eye no mystery continued undiscovered;—from his attentive ear no secret remained concealed. He...days as to his antiquity, in which he heartily and good-humouredly joined, until at last we got him to admit—and I almost think, believe—that he had...

...near sighted— '-with a constitution and complexion fresh enough to look forty, at a time when we believed him to be at least four times the age ; we...to admit — and I almost think believe — that he sold gunpowder to King Charles the Second, and dined more than once with the witty Lord Rochester....

...remained concealed. He was plump — stout — with an intelligent countenance, and near sighted — with a constitution and complexion fresh enough to look forty, at a time when we believed him to be at least four times the age ; we had a joke against him in those days as to his...