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... fent you fome of my produc- tions , but I fcarce think they deferve the postage , and I had almost forget to tell you that I read your congra- tulatory poem with infinite delight ; and fince you have done me the ho- nour to defire me to ...
... fent you fome of my produc- tions , but I fcarce think they deferve the postage , and I had almost forget to tell you that I read your congra- tulatory poem with infinite delight ; and fince you have done me the ho- nour to defire me to ...
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... fent to the Continent , and entered a convent in order to become a nun ; but the climate not- agreeing with her conftitution , she was obliged to return to England ; and as in this country there are no monafteries , fhe refolved to lead ...
... fent to the Continent , and entered a convent in order to become a nun ; but the climate not- agreeing with her conftitution , she was obliged to return to England ; and as in this country there are no monafteries , fhe refolved to lead ...
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... fent for by a gentleman whofe name I did not know . I wait- ed upon him , and found it was Sir William Wyndham . He had by fome means heard of my performances be- tween Chelsea and Blackfriars , and that I had taught the art of fwim ...
... fent for by a gentleman whofe name I did not know . I wait- ed upon him , and found it was Sir William Wyndham . He had by fome means heard of my performances be- tween Chelsea and Blackfriars , and that I had taught the art of fwim ...
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... fent forth into the world . He had published what is called the First Part of the Rights of Man , which , though it was extremely reprehenfible , he had overlooked on this principle , that he did not wish to prevent any kind of ...
... fent forth into the world . He had published what is called the First Part of the Rights of Man , which , though it was extremely reprehenfible , he had overlooked on this principle , that he did not wish to prevent any kind of ...
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... fent to himfelf ( the Attorney General ) up- on the subject of the prefent profecu- tion . This letter is dated from Paris , and in it Mr Paine avowed himself the author of the Rights of Man . ' In the concluding part of this letter ...
... fent to himfelf ( the Attorney General ) up- on the subject of the prefent profecu- tion . This letter is dated from Paris , and in it Mr Paine avowed himself the author of the Rights of Man . ' In the concluding part of this letter ...
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