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Was Courteous to me ; but took occasion to speak pretty carnestly about my keeping a Coach : I said ' twould cost £ 100 . per annum : she said twould cost but £ 40 . Exit . Came away somewhat late . Oct. 20 , 1720.
Was Courteous to me ; but took occasion to speak pretty carnestly about my keeping a Coach : I said ' twould cost £ 100 . per annum : she said twould cost but £ 40 . Exit . Came away somewhat late . Oct. 20 , 1720.
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I now took a fancy to poetry , and made some little pieces ; my brother , thinking it might turn to account , encouraged me , and put me on composing two occasional ballads . One was called The Lighthouse Tragedy , and contained an ...
I now took a fancy to poetry , and made some little pieces ; my brother , thinking it might turn to account , encouraged me , and put me on composing two occasional ballads . One was called The Lighthouse Tragedy , and contained an ...
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... for what I did send was by bribing the riders , who took them privately , Bradford being unkind enough to forbid it ... so meanly of him for it , that when I afterward came into his situation 3 I took care never to imitate it .
... for what I did send was by bribing the riders , who took them privately , Bradford being unkind enough to forbid it ... so meanly of him for it , that when I afterward came into his situation 3 I took care never to imitate it .
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The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
Among the parts of a spinning wheel 1 In 11 2136 the poet elaborates | 5 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
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| Title | The American Tradition in Literature: Bradford to Lincoln Volume 1 of The American Tradition in Literature, Richmond Croom Beatty |
| Editors | Sculley Bradley, Eugene Hudson Long |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Norton, 1967 |
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