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" I engaged several of my school-fellows to keep up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of... "
The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ... - Page 37
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With a Sketch of the Author's Life, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly ; I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me ; and a comparison between them...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation

George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me ; and a comparison between them...
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Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being the Complete Works of Robert Burns, Edited ...

Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me, and a comparison between them...
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The poetical works of Robert Burns, Issue 351

Robert Burns - Scottish literature - 1870 - 652 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me ; and a comparison between them...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns,: Arranged in the ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters, by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me, and a comparison between them...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters, by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me. and a comparison between them...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With a Memoir, Volumes 1-3

Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly ; I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me ; and a comparison between them...
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The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature ..., Volume 1

William Anderson - Heraldry - 1877 - 832 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me, and a comparison between them...
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Wrecked lives; or, Men who have failed, Volume 2

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's . reign, and I pored over them most devotedly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me ; and a comparison between them...
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Acme Library of Standard Biography: Macaulay, T. Frederick the Great

Biography - 1880 - 832 pages
...up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly ; 1 kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me, and a comparison between them...
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