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... write as follows to her husband : — " The fineness of William's mind makes him enjoy with the highest pleasure what would be above the reach of any other creature of his small age . The young Lieu- tenant may not perhaps go quite so ...
... write as follows to her husband : — " The fineness of William's mind makes him enjoy with the highest pleasure what would be above the reach of any other creature of his small age . The young Lieu- tenant may not perhaps go quite so ...
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... writing . But I found the note conclude with these words : " I send Domitian as a specimen of oratory for William . " Now , " Domitian " was one of the subsidiary signatures of the author of Junius , ' and the letter in question seems ...
... writing . But I found the note conclude with these words : " I send Domitian as a specimen of oratory for William . " Now , " Domitian " was one of the subsidiary signatures of the author of Junius , ' and the letter in question seems ...
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... 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 beg you to be persuaded that neither 12 CHAP . I. LIFE OF PITT .
... 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 beg you to be persuaded that neither 12 CHAP . I. LIFE OF PITT .
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... writer of any eminence among the classics the whole of whose works Pitt and Pretyman did not read together . The future states- man was a nice observer of their different styles , and alive to all their various excellences . So anxious ...
... writer of any eminence among the classics the whole of whose works Pitt and Pretyman did not read together . The future states- man was a nice observer of their different styles , and alive to all their various excellences . So anxious ...
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... write with ease . In its literature also he was by no means unversed . My father told me that he had been present at an animated argument between Lord Grenville and Mr. Pitt on the merits of Molière . Besides his primary studies in ...
... write with ease . In its literature also he was by no means unversed . My father told me that he had been present at an animated argument between Lord Grenville and Mr. Pitt on the merits of Molière . Besides his primary studies in ...
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