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... England and sojourning at different country places , for the benefit of his still delicate health and weak constitution . One giant attraction would now draw the youthful genius from his desk , his journeys , and even from the ...
... England and sojourning at different country places , for the benefit of his still delicate health and weak constitution . One giant attraction would now draw the youthful genius from his desk , his journeys , and even from the ...
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... , Covent Garden : to this he afterwards added a school of oratory , upon a plan hitherto unknown in England , founded upon the Greek , Roman , French , and Italian societies , under the title of " the British Inquisition . "
... , Covent Garden : to this he afterwards added a school of oratory , upon a plan hitherto unknown in England , founded upon the Greek , Roman , French , and Italian societies , under the title of " the British Inquisition . "
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... England threw away - were soon to mingle with the storm that cleared the atmosphere of American independence . He was to be with America , not in person , but in prophecy , he who could foretell the future magnitude of those colonies ...
... England threw away - were soon to mingle with the storm that cleared the atmosphere of American independence . He was to be with America , not in person , but in prophecy , he who could foretell the future magnitude of those colonies ...
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... England are better than that given by Mr. Burke , or more likely to assist those seeking know- ledge on the subject . * * In portraying individuals , Burke is often scarcely less felicitous than Hume . His characters of William the ...
... England are better than that given by Mr. Burke , or more likely to assist those seeking know- ledge on the subject . * * In portraying individuals , Burke is often scarcely less felicitous than Hume . His characters of William the ...
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... England . In the temperature of the climate there is little difference , other than that more rain falls , as the country is more mountainous , and exposed full to the westerly wind , which , blowing from the Atlantic Ocean , prevails ...
... England . In the temperature of the climate there is little difference , other than that more rain falls , as the country is more mountainous , and exposed full to the westerly wind , which , blowing from the Atlantic Ocean , prevails ...
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