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... dear friend , Thackeray's friend also -and I gradually managed to get him ready for Cambridge . Charles and I came to love each other dearly , and we all saw him with pride steadily rising in Parliamentary distinction , when he died ...
... dear friend , Thackeray's friend also -and I gradually managed to get him ready for Cambridge . Charles and I came to love each other dearly , and we all saw him with pride steadily rising in Parliamentary distinction , when he died ...
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... DEAR MR . CONWAY , -The ' disposition to write me a little note , ' was a good inspiration , and I thank you for it ; or rather , ac- cepting it as an inspiration , I thank Providence for it - Providence , ' Immortal Gods , ' ' Superior ...
... DEAR MR . CONWAY , -The ' disposition to write me a little note , ' was a good inspiration , and I thank you for it ; or rather , ac- cepting it as an inspiration , I thank Providence for it - Providence , ' Immortal Gods , ' ' Superior ...
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... DEAR SIR , -I have received your poem , and will thank you for that kind gift , and for all the friendly sentiments you entertain tow- ards me - which , as from an evidently sincere man , whatever we may think of them otherwise , are ...
... DEAR SIR , -I have received your poem , and will thank you for that kind gift , and for all the friendly sentiments you entertain tow- ards me - which , as from an evidently sincere man , whatever we may think of them otherwise , are ...
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... DEAR SIR , -I stay at home ( scribbling ) till after two o'clock , and shall be truly glad , any morning , to meet in person a man whom I have long , in spirit , seen and esteemed . " Both my wife and I , however , would reckon it a ...
... DEAR SIR , -I stay at home ( scribbling ) till after two o'clock , and shall be truly glad , any morning , to meet in person a man whom I have long , in spirit , seen and esteemed . " Both my wife and I , however , would reckon it a ...
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... DEAR SIR , -It is with reluctance that I write anything to you on this subject of Female Emancipation which is now rising to such a height , and I do it only on the strict condition that whatever I say shall be private , and nothing of ...
... DEAR SIR , -It is with reluctance that I write anything to you on this subject of Female Emancipation which is now rising to such a height , and I do it only on the strict condition that whatever I say shall be private , and nothing of ...
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