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... once related to him a conversation , at which she was present , between her sister , the first Lady Holland , and her husband , Lord Holland . The lady , in remonstrating with the gentleman on his excessive indulgence to all 1 Letter to ...
... once related to him a conversation , at which she was present , between her sister , the first Lady Holland , and her husband , Lord Holland . The lady , in remonstrating with the gentleman on his excessive indulgence to all 1 Letter to ...
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... once the meaning of an author , that as Mr. Wilson once observed , he never seemed to 5 Life of Pitt , vol . i . p . 5 . learn , but only to recollect . At fourteen he 6 CHAP . I. LIFE OF PITT .
... once the meaning of an author , that as Mr. Wilson once observed , he never seemed to 5 Life of Pitt , vol . i . p . 5 . learn , but only to recollect . At fourteen he 6 CHAP . I. LIFE OF PITT .
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... once his study of Quintilian and Thucydides , but did not pursue that study by night . " The Historic Muse " -thus he writes to his father- " captivates extremely , but at the 2 Chatham Correspondence , vol . iv . p . 364 . same time I ...
... once his study of Quintilian and Thucydides , but did not pursue that study by night . " The Historic Muse " -thus he writes to his father- " captivates extremely , but at the 2 Chatham Correspondence , vol . iv . p . 364 . same time I ...
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... Once and once only in his life , as we shall find , he passed a few weeks in France . During that Mr. Pitt , coming into the room ready to go out , translated the passage in a moment , hat in hand . 5 Memorials and Correspondence | Mr ...
... Once and once only in his life , as we shall find , he passed a few weeks in France . During that Mr. Pitt , coming into the room ready to go out , translated the passage in a moment , hat in hand . 5 Memorials and Correspondence | Mr ...
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... once declare that there was no loss in literature which he more lamented than that scarce any trace remained to us of Bolingbroke's Parliamentary speeches . But whatever the studies of Pitt , whether in the ancient languages or in his ...
... once declare that there was no loss in literature which he more lamented than that scarce any trace remained to us of Bolingbroke's Parliamentary speeches . But whatever the studies of Pitt , whether in the ancient languages or in his ...
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