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was much enamoured of Olivia Lloyd , a young quaker , to whom he wrote a copy of verses , which I have not been able to recover ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the following lines ...
was much enamoured of Olivia Lloyd , a young quaker , to whom he wrote a copy of verses , which I have not been able to recover ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the following lines ...
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66 Sir , ( said she , with some warmth , ) I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. Johnson's acquaintance . " I , however , was so much impressed with my first notion , that I mentioned it to Johnson , repeating , at the same ...
66 Sir , ( said she , with some warmth , ) I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. Johnson's acquaintance . " I , however , was so much impressed with my first notion , that I mentioned it to Johnson , repeating , at the same ...
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The matter lay dormant till July 27 , when he wrote to me as follows : ' TO WILLIAM STRAHAN , ESQ . ' SIR , ' It would be very foolish for us to continue strangers any longer . You can never by persistency make wrong right .
The matter lay dormant till July 27 , when he wrote to me as follows : ' TO WILLIAM STRAHAN , ESQ . ' SIR , ' It would be very foolish for us to continue strangers any longer . You can never by persistency make wrong right .
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