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of Verses, I think I could better execute a <sic>prosaïcal</sic><lb/> | of Verses, I think I could better execute a <sic>prosaïcal</sic><lb/> | ||
Narration; and excuse <add>me</add>, Sir, if I <del>th</del>likewise take the<lb/> | Narration; and excuse <add>me</add>, Sir, if I <del>th</del>likewise take the<lb/> | ||
liberty to say, that I am no better able to find | liberty to say, that I am no better able to find Matter<lb/> | ||
on the subject of the Mamilla's. I have not<lb/> | |||
heard a Syllable from the Provost about this | heard a Syllable from the Provost about this Matter:<lb/> | ||
may be it is not intended I should speak, so I<lb/> | |||
beg you would not be too Sanguine in your | beg you would not be too Sanguine in your Expectations;<lb/> | ||
I have found since <add>that</add> what my Acquaintance<lb/> | |||
said seemingly to me in Earnest about his having had</p> | said seemingly to me in Earnest about his having had</p> | ||
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my Plan; and have made some progress in the Execution
of it: with all due deference to the respectable
Opinion of Mr Johnson, I must own, the Conquest
of North-America didoes not suggest to me any
thoughts whereon to lay the Foundation of a Copy
of Verses, I think I could better execute a prosaïcal
Narration; and excuse me, Sir, if I thlikewise take the
liberty to say, that I am no better able to find Matter
on the subject of the Mamilla's. I have not
heard a Syllable from the Provost about this Matter:
may be it is not intended I should speak, so I
beg you would not be too Sanguine in your Expectations;
I have found since that what my Acquaintance
said seemingly to me in Earnest about his having had
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