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... London Boswell , oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds , 1786. In the National Portrait Gallery , London . LIFE He was born in Edinburgh on Oct. 29 , 1740. His father , Alexander Boswell , advocate and laird of Auchinleck ...
... London Boswell , oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds , 1786. In the National Portrait Gallery , London . LIFE He was born in Edinburgh on Oct. 29 , 1740. His father , Alexander Boswell , advocate and laird of Auchinleck ...
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... London as a major city came a type of encounter called a prizefight . Prizefighters were strong men from different sections of the city , whose admirers were willing to bet that they could beat one another and arranged fights to settle ...
... London as a major city came a type of encounter called a prizefight . Prizefighters were strong men from different sections of the city , whose admirers were willing to bet that they could beat one another and arranged fights to settle ...
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... London to attack the King's evil councillors and to demand from him redress for their grievances . In this curiously spontaneous revolt , the men of Essex and the men of Kent arrived outside London at approximately the same time . By ...
... London to attack the King's evil councillors and to demand from him redress for their grievances . In this curiously spontaneous revolt , the men of Essex and the men of Kent arrived outside London at approximately the same time . By ...
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