Edinburgh Fugitive PiecesWilliam Creech; and T. Cadell, London, 1791 - 295 psl. |
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... that I have thought fome of nature's journeymen had made men , and not made them well - they imitated humanity so abominably . FOR THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT . SIR , Edinburgh , Feb. 1. 1786 . AT this feason , when there is little ...
... that I have thought fome of nature's journeymen had made men , and not made them well - they imitated humanity so abominably . FOR THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT . SIR , Edinburgh , Feb. 1. 1786 . AT this feason , when there is little ...
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