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... walks about by Canon Taylor's paper proves . among the messengers , delivers to them his messages , and talks amicably to each of them upon the subject , as another au- thentic anecdote , inimitable in its humor , told me by Tetteh ...
... walks about by Canon Taylor's paper proves . among the messengers , delivers to them his messages , and talks amicably to each of them upon the subject , as another au- thentic anecdote , inimitable in its humor , told me by Tetteh ...
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... walk , and then to write her journal from three to five . Again , far from her life being that of a servant chained to another very disagree- able and quarrelsome servant , our heroine was very frequently in the company of the queen or ...
... walk , and then to write her journal from three to five . Again , far from her life being that of a servant chained to another very disagree- able and quarrelsome servant , our heroine was very frequently in the company of the queen or ...
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... walks , was suddenly reduced to a state of almost total con- finement within doors . Her record on January 27th , 1789 , is : “ Sir Lucas [ Pepys ] declared that my confinement menaced my health , and charged me to walk out and take air ...
... walks , was suddenly reduced to a state of almost total con- finement within doors . Her record on January 27th , 1789 , is : “ Sir Lucas [ Pepys ] declared that my confinement menaced my health , and charged me to walk out and take air ...
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... walking to- day ? " " No ; we had not seen him at all . " " Oh , father , he isn't lost ? " I cried , in dire dismay ... walk at the end of the street , and supposed he had run after you . But he was not at home when I came in , and the ...
... walking to- day ? " " No ; we had not seen him at all . " " Oh , father , he isn't lost ? " I cried , in dire dismay ... walk at the end of the street , and supposed he had run after you . But he was not at home when I came in , and the ...
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... walk , as I was so fond of the Embankment , and the city streets beyond , which were a change from the parks where I usually walked . We started rather early that afternoon , as indeed we generally did , so as to allow plenty of time ...
... walk , as I was so fond of the Embankment , and the city streets beyond , which were a change from the parks where I usually walked . We started rather early that afternoon , as indeed we generally did , so as to allow plenty of time ...
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Page 218 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
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