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Page 51
... former in March 31 , 1757. He also had risen in his profession to be a captain in the Surrey militia ; and as he had pub- lished his volumes of the Antiquities of Guernsey and Jersey in 1787 , he applied himself to what related to his ...
... former in March 31 , 1757. He also had risen in his profession to be a captain in the Surrey militia ; and as he had pub- lished his volumes of the Antiquities of Guernsey and Jersey in 1787 , he applied himself to what related to his ...
Page 53
... former , and not less a sloven ; equalled him too in his love of sleep , and nearly so in his proverbs . In his wit he was a Falstaff . He was the butt for other men to shoot at , but it always rebounded with a double force . He could ...
... former , and not less a sloven ; equalled him too in his love of sleep , and nearly so in his proverbs . In his wit he was a Falstaff . He was the butt for other men to shoot at , but it always rebounded with a double force . He could ...
Page 132
... former labours has tended to disperse the confusion of ideas which pressed upon his mind , in his endeavours to retrace impressions which once interested , although from lapse of time and other engagements , became in a manner ...
... former labours has tended to disperse the confusion of ideas which pressed upon his mind , in his endeavours to retrace impressions which once interested , although from lapse of time and other engagements , became in a manner ...
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