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Page vi
... last bleffing . This affected him to an uncommon degree ; and his relations ftill remember fome extraordinary in- stances of his grief and filial duty on that occafion . Mrs. Thomson , whofe maiden name was Hume , and who was co ...
... last bleffing . This affected him to an uncommon degree ; and his relations ftill remember fome extraordinary in- stances of his grief and filial duty on that occafion . Mrs. Thomson , whofe maiden name was Hume , and who was co ...
Page ix
... last , turning to Mr. Thomson , he told him , fmiling , that if he thought of being useful in the ministry , he must keep a ftricter rein upon his imagination , and exprefs himself in language more intelligible to an ordinary ...
... last , turning to Mr. Thomson , he told him , fmiling , that if he thought of being useful in the ministry , he must keep a ftricter rein upon his imagination , and exprefs himself in language more intelligible to an ordinary ...
Page xvi
... last years of it , during which he enjoyed the place of Surveyor - General of the Leeward Islands , procured for him by the gene . rous friendship of my Lord Lyttelton . Immediately upon his return to England with Mr. Talbot , the ...
... last years of it , during which he enjoyed the place of Surveyor - General of the Leeward Islands , procured for him by the gene . rous friendship of my Lord Lyttelton . Immediately upon his return to England with Mr. Talbot , the ...
Page xx
... last piece Mr. Thomfon himself pub- lifhed ; his tragedy of Coriolanus being only prepared for the theatre , when a fatal accident robbed the world of one of the best men , and best poets , that lived in it . He had always been a ...
... last piece Mr. Thomfon himself pub- lifhed ; his tragedy of Coriolanus being only prepared for the theatre , when a fatal accident robbed the world of one of the best men , and best poets , that lived in it . He had always been a ...
Page xxi
... last , Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Reid , with Dr. Armstrong , being informed of it , posted out at mid- night to his affistance : but , alas ! came C 2 MR . JAMES THOMSON . xxi He had always been a timorous horseman; and more ...
... last , Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Reid , with Dr. Armstrong , being informed of it , posted out at mid- night to his affistance : but , alas ! came C 2 MR . JAMES THOMSON . xxi He had always been a timorous horseman; and more ...
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