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... English ; intern . evid . Taxation no Tyranny ; an answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress ; acknowl . Argument on the case of Dr. Memis ; dictated to me for the court of sessions in Scotland ; acknowl . Argument ...
... English ; intern . evid . Taxation no Tyranny ; an answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress ; acknowl . Argument on the case of Dr. Memis ; dictated to me for the court of sessions in Scotland ; acknowl . Argument ...
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James Boswell. 1781 . English Poets afterwards published with the title of the Lives of the English Poets ; acknowl . Argument on the importance of the Registration of Deeds ; dictated to me for an election committee of the house of ...
James Boswell. 1781 . English Poets afterwards published with the title of the Lives of the English Poets ; acknowl . Argument on the importance of the Registration of Deeds ; dictated to me for an election committee of the house of ...
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... English by dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to ...
... English by dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to ...
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... English Malady . Though he suffered severely from it , he was not therefore degraded . The powers of his great mind might be troubled , and their full exercise suspended at times ; but the mind itself was ever entire . As a proof of ...
... English Malady . Though he suffered severely from it , he was not therefore degraded . The powers of his great mind might be troubled , and their full exercise suspended at times ; but the mind itself was ever entire . As a proof of ...
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... English books written on the subject , followed his usual amuse- ments and considered his conscience as lightened of a crime . He redoubled his diligence to learn the language that contained the information he most wished ; but from the ...
... English books written on the subject , followed his usual amuse- ments and considered his conscience as lightened of a crime . He redoubled his diligence to learn the language that contained the information he most wished ; but from the ...
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