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Page 73
... present possessor is a young man , refinement in all the arts is carried whom I remember a boy . He has to an excess , I suppose it is always a wife , who is young , genteel , and rare . The later Roman writers are handsome . They are ...
... present possessor is a young man , refinement in all the arts is carried whom I remember a boy . He has to an excess , I suppose it is always a wife , who is young , genteel , and rare . The later Roman writers are handsome . They are ...
Page 89
... present Olney , Jan. 31 , 1786 . affection for you is indebted for its It is very pleasant , my dearest cou- existence to any selfish considera- sin , to receive a present so delicately tions . No. I am sure I love you conveyed as that ...
... present Olney , Jan. 31 , 1786 . affection for you is indebted for its It is very pleasant , my dearest cou- existence to any selfish considera- sin , to receive a present so delicately tions . No. I am sure I love you conveyed as that ...
Page 313
... presents , since they you on these topics . will , in the end , come out of your It is a remark of an ancient phi- pocket ; but I am not in want of losophical poet , ( Horace , ) that every cash at present , and have reason to man ...
... presents , since they you on these topics . will , in the end , come out of your It is a remark of an ancient phi- pocket ; but I am not in want of losophical poet , ( Horace , ) that every cash at present , and have reason to man ...
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