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... with my own kind . This reflection is always uppermost in my mind , but comes
upon me with irresistible force every spring . It was in the month of May last that I
resolved to elope from my place of confinement ; for my fancy had represented to
...
... with my own kind . This reflection is always uppermost in my mind , but comes
upon me with irresistible force every spring . It was in the month of May last that I
resolved to elope from my place of confinement ; for my fancy had represented to
...
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Yet as mind gives a comfort to deserts and dens , Makes a turnpike of bogs , and
a garden of glens ; So affection , kind chemist ! I feel , can convert To the sweetest
of sweets what I thought to be dirt . Be then welcome , dear Selborne , as ...
Yet as mind gives a comfort to deserts and dens , Makes a turnpike of bogs , and
a garden of glens ; So affection , kind chemist ! I feel , can convert To the sweetest
of sweets what I thought to be dirt . Be then welcome , dear Selborne , as ...
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HE WAS KIND AND BENEFICENT TO HIS RELATIONS , BENEVOLENT TO THE
POOR , AND DESERVEDLY RESPECTED BY ALL HIS FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBOURS . HE WAS BORN JULY 18TH , 1720 , 0. s . , AND DIED JUNE
26TH ...
HE WAS KIND AND BENEFICENT TO HIS RELATIONS , BENEVOLENT TO THE
POOR , AND DESERVEDLY RESPECTED BY ALL HIS FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBOURS . HE WAS BORN JULY 18TH , 1720 , 0. s . , AND DIED JUNE
26TH ...
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There is something so pleasing in tracing Mr. White's pursuits , in contemplating
his kind and amiable disposition , and in viewing his benevolent and christian
character , that we cannot but turn to the perusal of his charming work with ...
There is something so pleasing in tracing Mr. White's pursuits , in contemplating
his kind and amiable disposition , and in viewing his benevolent and christian
character , that we cannot but turn to the perusal of his charming work with ...
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... + Emerging gently from the leafy dell , * * A kind of arbour on the side of a hill .
† A grotesque building , contrived by a young gentleman , who used on occasion
to appear in the character of a hermit . By fancy plann'd ; as once th ' inventive ...
... + Emerging gently from the leafy dell , * * A kind of arbour on the side of a hill .
† A grotesque building , contrived by a young gentleman , who used on occasion
to appear in the character of a hermit . By fancy plann'd ; as once th ' inventive ...
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