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... possess that remark- able talent of Charles Fox , who could talk on one thing , and at the same time think of another . CXXI . A GREAT mind may change its objects , but it cannot relinquish them ; it must have something to pursue ...
... possess that remark- able talent of Charles Fox , who could talk on one thing , and at the same time think of another . CXXI . A GREAT mind may change its objects , but it cannot relinquish them ; it must have something to pursue ...
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... out that wit in her at fifty , which she possessed at twenty - five ; and yet the ex- ternal attractions of this lady were by no means equal to those of her mind . CXXXVIII . THAT politeness which we put on , in 78 MANY THINGS.
... out that wit in her at fifty , which she possessed at twenty - five ; and yet the ex- ternal attractions of this lady were by no means equal to those of her mind . CXXXVIII . THAT politeness which we put on , in 78 MANY THINGS.
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... possessed of high refractive powers , had an inflammable base , and water and the diamond have those powers in a high degree . Subsequent experimentalists have succeeded in analyzing both these substances ; and pure carbon is the base ...
... possessed of high refractive powers , had an inflammable base , and water and the diamond have those powers in a high degree . Subsequent experimentalists have succeeded in analyzing both these substances ; and pure carbon is the base ...
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... possessed of every thing that this world can bestow ; and that the good are never completely miserable , although deprived of every thing that this world can take away . For there is one re- flection which will obtrude itself , and ...
... possessed of every thing that this world can bestow ; and that the good are never completely miserable , although deprived of every thing that this world can take away . For there is one re- flection which will obtrude itself , and ...
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... possessed of a beautiful canary bird , whose vocal powers were the annoyance of one half of the neighbourhood , and the admiration of the other . Lord Pe- terborough was very solicitous to procure this bird , as a present to a favourite ...
... possessed of a beautiful canary bird , whose vocal powers were the annoyance of one half of the neighbourhood , and the admiration of the other . Lord Pe- terborough was very solicitous to procure this bird , as a present to a favourite ...
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