The Bland Papers: Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland, Jr. ; to which are Prefixed an Introduction, and a Memoir of Colonel Bland, Volumes 1-2E. & J.C. Ruffin, 1840 - United States |
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... pleasure of an acquaintance , ) on coming to the door and learning the antiquarian purport of my visit , very obligingly reached down a bundle of letters of divers revolutionary worthies , from the interstices of the eaves of the porch ...
... pleasure of an acquaintance , ) on coming to the door and learning the antiquarian purport of my visit , very obligingly reached down a bundle of letters of divers revolutionary worthies , from the interstices of the eaves of the porch ...
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... pleasure I laid out my gold In what gave Galatea content ; But now Galatea is gone , And my beard is grown hoary with age , I can leave Amaryllis alone , And my thoughts from my home disengage . To my lost Galatea a slave , I wish'd not ...
... pleasure I laid out my gold In what gave Galatea content ; But now Galatea is gone , And my beard is grown hoary with age , I can leave Amaryllis alone , And my thoughts from my home disengage . To my lost Galatea a slave , I wish'd not ...
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... pleasure of receiving your letter , by which I un- derstand you have according to my desire spoak to the vestry of Bath Parish , for which I am infinitely obliged to you . The worthy gentlemen ( it seems ) are desirous of seeing me ...
... pleasure of receiving your letter , by which I un- derstand you have according to my desire spoak to the vestry of Bath Parish , for which I am infinitely obliged to you . The worthy gentlemen ( it seems ) are desirous of seeing me ...
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... pleasure of calling at your house , without fail , ( if I do come up , ) when I hope to find you , your lady , and good family in health . I shall take it as a singular favour , if you will give yourself the trouble of answering this ...
... pleasure of calling at your house , without fail , ( if I do come up , ) when I hope to find you , your lady , and good family in health . I shall take it as a singular favour , if you will give yourself the trouble of answering this ...
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... pleasures . The married ladies whom Heaven has blest with an offspring , I hope will not disdain to partake in my humble and hearty offerings of ... pleasure may I not promise myself , should Providence once 16 THE BLAND PAPERS .
... pleasures . The married ladies whom Heaven has blest with an offspring , I hope will not disdain to partake in my humble and hearty offerings of ... pleasure may I not promise myself , should Providence once 16 THE BLAND PAPERS .
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