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Sometimes my master repeats with much seeming triumph the following lines ,
which occasion a loud laugh :“ Timotheus , placed on high Amid the tuneful quire
, With flying fingers touch'd the lyre . " For my part , I see no wit in the application ...
Sometimes my master repeats with much seeming triumph the following lines ,
which occasion a loud laugh :“ Timotheus , placed on high Amid the tuneful quire
, With flying fingers touch'd the lyre . " For my part , I see no wit in the application ...
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In many respects you will easily beat Plot : he is too credulous sometimes trifling ,
and sometimes superstitious ; and at all times ready to make a needless display
and ostentation of erudition . Your knowledge of physic , chemistry , anatomy ...
In many respects you will easily beat Plot : he is too credulous sometimes trifling ,
and sometimes superstitious ; and at all times ready to make a needless display
and ostentation of erudition . Your knowledge of physic , chemistry , anatomy ...
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Being often found in broad flat pieces , it makes good pavement for paths about
houses , never becoming slippery in frost or rain ; is excellent for dry walls , and is
sometimes used in buildings . In many parts of that waste , it lies • To surbed ...
Being often found in broad flat pieces , it makes good pavement for paths about
houses , never becoming slippery in frost or rain ; is excellent for dry walls , and is
sometimes used in buildings . In many parts of that waste , it lies • To surbed ...
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This embellishment carries an odd appearance , and has occasioned strangers
sometimes to ask us pleasantly , “ Whether we fastened our walls together with
tenpenny nails ? ” LETTER V. TO THE SAME . Among the singularities of this
place ...
This embellishment carries an odd appearance , and has occasioned strangers
sometimes to ask us pleasantly , “ Whether we fastened our walls together with
tenpenny nails ? ” LETTER V. TO THE SAME . Among the singularities of this
place ...
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Being embedded to considerable depths , they are sometimes in a perfect state ,
and completely baturated with the soil in which they lie . In the Highlands , the
Scotch fir abounds , and retains so much resin as to be used for lights during
winter ...
Being embedded to considerable depths , they are sometimes in a perfect state ,
and completely baturated with the soil in which they lie . In the Highlands , the
Scotch fir abounds , and retains so much resin as to be used for lights during
winter ...
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