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... Strawberry Hill , May 1 , 1763 . I FEEL happy at hearing your hap- it cheaper , as it was possible she Makes bleak rocks and barren mountains smile . might recover . Lord Bath has pur- chased the Hatton vault in West- I mean no offence ...
... Strawberry Hill , May 1 , 1763 . I FEEL happy at hearing your hap- it cheaper , as it was possible she Makes bleak rocks and barren mountains smile . might recover . Lord Bath has pur- chased the Hatton vault in West- I mean no offence ...
Page 273
... Strawberry Hill , March 9 , 1765 . Dear sir , I HAD time to write but a short note with the Castle of Otranto , as your messenger called on me at four o'clock , as I was going to dine abroad . Your partiality to me and Strawberry have ...
... Strawberry Hill , March 9 , 1765 . Dear sir , I HAD time to write but a short note with the Castle of Otranto , as your messenger called on me at four o'clock , as I was going to dine abroad . Your partiality to me and Strawberry have ...
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... Strawberry Hill , June 21 , 1768 . we ever had any other . The best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal , and I am determined never to reckon upon any other . We ruin ourselves with inviting over foreign You read English with so much ...
... Strawberry Hill , June 21 , 1768 . we ever had any other . The best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal , and I am determined never to reckon upon any other . We ruin ourselves with inviting over foreign You read English with so much ...
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