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... Edmund Burke , then in the prime of his strength and intellect , was publishing masterly pamphlets , and trying to construct , under the auspices of the Marquis of Rockingham , a new Whig party . Among the notabilities out of Parliament ...
... Edmund Burke , then in the prime of his strength and intellect , was publishing masterly pamphlets , and trying to construct , under the auspices of the Marquis of Rockingham , a new Whig party . Among the notabilities out of Parliament ...
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... Edmunds , of Shoe Lane , in the parish of St. Andrew's , Holborn , Gent . , maketh oath and saith , that he will not at any time declare the name of any person or persons who shall send any papers to the Middlesex Journal or Chronicle ...
... Edmunds , of Shoe Lane , in the parish of St. Andrew's , Holborn , Gent . , maketh oath and saith , that he will not at any time declare the name of any person or persons who shall send any papers to the Middlesex Journal or Chronicle ...
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... Edmunds , copied by us from the Middlesex Journal for February 6th , 1770 , and which was repeated in succeeding numbers , probably caught Chatterton's eye in Bristol , and determined his already cherished intention of trying his hand ...
... Edmunds , copied by us from the Middlesex Journal for February 6th , 1770 , and which was repeated in succeeding numbers , probably caught Chatterton's eye in Bristol , and determined his already cherished intention of trying his hand ...
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... Edmunds thought proper to print , was one with the same signature , dated " Bristol , April 10 , 1770 , " and ad- dressed to that much - abused lady , the Princess Dowager of Wales , the mother , and , as people said , manager of the ...
... Edmunds thought proper to print , was one with the same signature , dated " Bristol , April 10 , 1770 , " and ad- dressed to that much - abused lady , the Princess Dowager of Wales , the mother , and , as people said , manager of the ...
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... Edmunds , at the Middlesex Journal office in Shoe Lane , and beat up the editorial quarters of the Town and Country Magazine . These were to be his foci in London ; and thence , by the force of his genius , he was to weave out new ...
... Edmunds , at the Middlesex Journal office in Shoe Lane , and beat up the editorial quarters of the Town and Country Magazine . These were to be his foci in London ; and thence , by the force of his genius , he was to weave out new ...
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