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... seen stately porticos ; imposing staircases , offices roomy as the state apartments in palaces — deserted , or thinly peopled with a few strag- - * I passed by the walls of Balclutha , and they were desolate . OSSIAN . Chami ESSAYS OF ...
... seen stately porticos ; imposing staircases , offices roomy as the state apartments in palaces — deserted , or thinly peopled with a few strag- - * I passed by the walls of Balclutha , and they were desolate . OSSIAN . Chami ESSAYS OF ...
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... seen stately porticos ; imposing staircases , offices roomy as the state apartments in palaces - deserted , or thinly peopled with a few strag- * I passed by the walls of Balclutha , and they were desolate . OSSIAN . gling clerks ; the ...
... seen stately porticos ; imposing staircases , offices roomy as the state apartments in palaces - deserted , or thinly peopled with a few strag- * I passed by the walls of Balclutha , and they were desolate . OSSIAN . gling clerks ; the ...
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... seen in caricatures of what were termed , in my young days , Maccaronies . He was the last of that race of beaux . Melancholy as a gibcat , over his counter all the forenoon , I think I see him , making up his cash ( as they call it ) ...
... seen in caricatures of what were termed , in my young days , Maccaronies . He was the last of that race of beaux . Melancholy as a gibcat , over his counter all the forenoon , I think I see him , making up his cash ( as they call it ) ...
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... seen the world . He was uncle , bachelor - uncle , to the fine old whig still living , who has represented the county in so many successive parliaments , and has a fine old mansion near Ware . Walter flourished in George the Second's ...
... seen the world . He was uncle , bachelor - uncle , to the fine old whig still living , who has represented the county in so many successive parliaments , and has a fine old mansion near Ware . Walter flourished in George the Second's ...
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... seen your dim - eyed vergers , and bed- makers in spectacles , drop a bow or a curtsy , as I pass , wisely mistaking me for something of the sort . I go about in black , which favors the notion . Only in Christ Church reverend ...
... seen your dim - eyed vergers , and bed- makers in spectacles , drop a bow or a curtsy , as I pass , wisely mistaking me for something of the sort . I go about in black , which favors the notion . Only in Christ Church reverend ...
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