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Vicesimus Knox. wrote to you I was ill , and my eyes dition may have robbed of the hap- were very painful ; but now I am piness and the very support of their happy in the recovery of my eyes , beings ; having now lost their main- and ...
Vicesimus Knox. wrote to you I was ill , and my eyes dition may have robbed of the hap- were very painful ; but now I am piness and the very support of their happy in the recovery of my eyes , beings ; having now lost their main- and ...
Page 53
... eyes drink the rivers performed by one who has no com- as they flow . If every human being fort for himself ; nor to comply with upon earth could think for one quar- an impertinent ceremony , which in ter of an hour , as I have done for ...
... eyes drink the rivers performed by one who has no com- as they flow . If every human being fort for himself ; nor to comply with upon earth could think for one quar- an impertinent ceremony , which in ter of an hour , as I have done for ...
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... eyes with those me , the glories of our Pantheon rush- icious tears , which , beneath the ing on my recollection , my heart beat templation of virtues that emulate like a love - sick girl's , on the sight at we conceive of Deity ...
... eyes with those me , the glories of our Pantheon rush- icious tears , which , beneath the ing on my recollection , my heart beat templation of virtues that emulate like a love - sick girl's , on the sight at we conceive of Deity ...
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