Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1J. Maxwell, 1822 - England |
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... charm in epistolary writing , felt by every read- er who has an inclination for the easier and more gentle exercises of the understanding ; and it was not thought worth while to sacrifice this advantage to greater order , or more per ...
... charm in epistolary writing , felt by every read- er who has an inclination for the easier and more gentle exercises of the understanding ; and it was not thought worth while to sacrifice this advantage to greater order , or more per ...
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... to death as a refuge against the time when the eye of lewdness shall cease to be allured by her charms ; when even the lowest haunts of incontinence shall be clos- VOL . I. E ed against her , and when she must finish her 13.
... to death as a refuge against the time when the eye of lewdness shall cease to be allured by her charms ; when even the lowest haunts of incontinence shall be clos- VOL . I. E ed against her , and when she must finish her 13.
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... charm to the over of nature , if it were not cursed with a weeping climate , owing to the neighbourhood of lofty mountains , and a westerly situation exposed to the vapours from the Atlantic . These misty exhalations are condensed , and ...
... charm to the over of nature , if it were not cursed with a weeping climate , owing to the neighbourhood of lofty mountains , and a westerly situation exposed to the vapours from the Atlantic . These misty exhalations are condensed , and ...
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... of mine , but his uncouth dialect spoiled all , " & c . charms - You know that the original Scotish language was G 2 41 -Washington's Birth-day-Happy condition the United States-Arbuthnot and Ambrister- Scotch dialect,
... of mine , but his uncouth dialect spoiled all , " & c . charms - You know that the original Scotish language was G 2 41 -Washington's Birth-day-Happy condition the United States-Arbuthnot and Ambrister- Scotch dialect,
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Franklin James Didier. charms - You know that the original Scotish language was the Gaelic , which is now that of the Highlanders . Separated by their moun tains and rocks , and divided by a peculiar lan- guage from the rest of Scotland ...
Franklin James Didier. charms - You know that the original Scotish language was the Gaelic , which is now that of the Highlanders . Separated by their moun tains and rocks , and divided by a peculiar lan- guage from the rest of Scotland ...
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