Chatterton: A Story of the Year 1770 |
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... George III . an obese young sovereign of thirty - three , had been then ten years on the throne . Newspapers were not so numerous as now ; Parliament was not open to reporters ; and , had gentlemen of the Liberal press been alive , with ...
... George III . an obese young sovereign of thirty - three , had been then ten years on the throne . Newspapers were not so numerous as now ; Parliament was not open to reporters ; and , had gentlemen of the Liberal press been alive , with ...
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... George Catcott , the partner of Mr. Burgum ; his brother , the Rev. Alexander Catcott , vicar of one of the Bristol parish - churches ; and Mr. Barrett , a surgeon in good practice . Two of these had a reputation as literary men . Mr ...
... George Catcott , the partner of Mr. Burgum ; his brother , the Rev. Alexander Catcott , vicar of one of the Bristol parish - churches ; and Mr. Barrett , a surgeon in good practice . Two of these had a reputation as literary men . Mr ...
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... on his hands , it was usually to Mr. George Catcott that he first gave a copy of it . To Mr. Barrett , on the other hand , he usually imparted such scraps of ancient records , deeds , accounts of THE ATTORNEY'S APPRENTICE OF BRISTOL . 27.
... on his hands , it was usually to Mr. George Catcott that he first gave a copy of it . To Mr. Barrett , on the other hand , he usually imparted such scraps of ancient records , deeds , accounts of THE ATTORNEY'S APPRENTICE OF BRISTOL . 27.
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... George III . In other words , reader , besides being , by the special charter of his genius , a poet in the Rowley vein , he was also , by the more general right of his life at that time , very much such a young fellow as your own ...
... George III . In other words , reader , besides being , by the special charter of his genius , a poet in the Rowley vein , he was also , by the more general right of his life at that time , very much such a young fellow as your own ...
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... George 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 ...
... George 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 ...
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