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... LUCY PORTER . " London , 9th June , 1781 . " DEAR MADAM , -I hope the summer makes you better . My disorders , which had come upon me again , have again given way to medicine ; and I am a better sleeper than I have 1 ely been . " The ...
... LUCY PORTER . " London , 9th June , 1781 . " DEAR MADAM , -I hope the summer makes you better . My disorders , which had come upon me again , have again given way to medicine ; and I am a better sleeper than I have 1 ely been . " The ...
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... LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . " London , 2d March , 1782 . " Dear madam , -I went away from Lichfield ill , and have had a troublesome time with my breath . For some weeks I have been disordered by a cold , of which I could not get the ...
... LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . " London , 2d March , 1782 . " Dear madam , -I went away from Lichfield ill , and have had a troublesome time with my breath . For some weeks I have been disordered by a cold , of which I could not get the ...
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... Lucy Porter , mentioning his bad health , and that he intended a visit to Lichfield . " It is , " says he , " with no great expectation of amendment that I make every year a journey 1783. - ETAT . 74 . 79.
... Lucy Porter , mentioning his bad health , and that he intended a visit to Lichfield . " It is , " says he , " with no great expectation of amendment that I make every year a journey 1783. - ETAT . 74 . 79.
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... LUCY PORTER . " London , 25th June , 1783 . " Dear Madam , -Since the papers have given an account of my illness , it is proper that I should give my friends some ac- count of it myself . 66 Very early in the morning of the 16th of this ...
... LUCY PORTER . " London , 25th June , 1783 . " Dear Madam , -Since the papers have given an account of my illness , it is proper that I should give my friends some ac- count of it myself . 66 Very early in the morning of the 16th of this ...
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... LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . 66 London , 5th July , 1783 . " DEAR MADAM , -The account which you give of your health is but melancholy . May it please God to restore you . My disease affected my speech , and still continues , in some ...
... LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . 66 London , 5th July , 1783 . " DEAR MADAM , -The account which you give of your health is but melancholy . May it please God to restore you . My disease affected my speech , and still continues , in some ...
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