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  • I talk'd to Inskip and Endersby on the subject, and to

    Letter 334 2009

  • Sweed talkd of the scenery of the Baltic, Mr O talk'd of the Alps, and of the passage of mount St Gotherd &c, — and I — What could I talk about? —

    Letter 216 2009

  • Whither you are induced now to persue the path of poetry, or postpone it untill your judgement is more matured than it can possibly be at your age, Remember that the Choice of Subject is of the last importance to you, or to any one indeed who meddles with the nine kickish lasses so much talk'd of by the learned.

    Letter 205 2009

  • [For it was at this Time, Madam, added Galesia, that the Duke of Monmouth's Enterprize began to be talk'd of.]

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • Thus we walk'd and talk'd; we laugh'd and delighted our-selves; we dress'd and visited; we received our Friends kindly, and by them were generously treated in their turn: all which was to the Satisfaction of our endearing tender Parents.

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • Now, this Adventure so extraordinary, shock'd all my former Resolutions; for I could not think her less than a Person divinely inspir'd, if not that African Sybil so talk'd on in the World.

    Exilius 2008

  • But whilst her Tongue was silent, Piso's Eyes, and all his Gestures, spake; they talk'd and supplicated on his Behalf; his Looks declar'd his Thoughts, and his Eyes spake what his Lips conceal'd; all which my Looks answer'd with Scorn and Reprimands.

    Exilius 2008

  • I had a design to have wrote you something about a talk'd of appointment of a Friend of Mine to a judicial [illegible] Department, but hope soon to see that Friend, before his acceptance may be necessary.

    Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 July - 2 August 1775 1963

  • We talk'd of you, they desire to be rememberd to you, and wish you well thro the Distemper.

    Letter from Abigail Smith to John Adams, 8 April 1764 1963

  • Mr. Dickinsons Alacrity and Spirit upon this occasion, which certainly becomes his Character and setts a fine Example, is much talk'd of and applauded.

    Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 February 1776 1963

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